Employment and Economic Growth Nexus in Nigeria

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This paper examines the employment and economic growth relationships in the Nigerian economy. A simple model of employment was formulated and estimated using the Ordinary Least Squares technique before and after the time series data used for the study were corrected for non-stationarity using Hodrick-Prescott filter. The result of our econometric analysis shows that a positive and statistically...

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SODIPE, Oluyomi Ayoyinka, AND OGUNRINOLA, Oluranti Isaiah

Olurinola (formerly OGUNRINOLA) Isaiah Oluranti » Isaiah Oluranti OLURINOLA (formerly, OGUNRINOLA), is a Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics, College of Business and Social Sciences (CBSS), Covenant University, Nigeria where he teaches both the undergraduate and graduate courses in Economic Theory, Labour Economics and Economics of Development. He obtained BSc, MSc and PhD degrees in Economics from Obafemi Awolowo University,... view full profile

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