Economic growths simultaneous impact on income distribution and unemployment: Instance of Turkey (1987-2016)

Economic growth is the important indicator of the state of the country, but it doesn't mean much by itself. In fact, the expected economic growth has the effect of reducing unemployment and improving income distribution. In this study, the effects of economic growth on income distribution and unemployment were investigated with the ARDL border test for 1987-2016 in Turkey. According to research findings, economic growth in Turkey, has not effect on the distribution of income. The reason fort this can be lack of data. Besides that, the effect of economic growth for unemployment is a positive in short run reason but the long run reason that effect has negative effect. The reason for this; the employer need qualified personnel with developing technology but there are not enough qualified personnel in the market.