GİRİŞİMCİLİK VE İSTİHDAM ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİ: GEÇİŞ EKONOMİLERİ ÖRNEĞİ / The Relationship Between Entrepreneurship And Employment: The Case Of Transition Economies

Abstract

A strong structure of the working population plays an important role in the development of the country. Today, all countries are struggling to increase the rate of employment. Entrepreneurship needs to be supported in the solution of the unemployment problem. Entrepreneurship will lead to a revival of economic activities and an increase in production on the other hand, a decrease in unemployment. The aim of this study is to examine whether entrepreneurship affects employment in a total of 10 transition countries such as Kyrgyzstan, Estonia. For this purpose, annual data of selected transition countries for 2006-2016 period were used. First, the stability of the series was investigated with panel unit root test. Then, the relationship between the variables was tried to be revealed through Panel ARDL model. The findings obtained by empirical application were evaluated and recommendations were made.