Abstract:

The workforce is used as a tool variable in the realization of economic growth, which is among the main goals of each country. Influencing the labor market is possible by reducing unemployment and increasing employment. Because decreasing unemployment increases employment, increasing employment reduces unemployment. The Concentration of countries in different sectors due to their geopolitical, economic, and social positions reveals sectoral differences in employment. In this study, the effects of sectoral employment rates in the Turkic Republics, which declared their independence in 1991, on the national economies were examined. In the study covering the years 1991 to 2019, the variables of Gross Domestic Product, agriculture, industr, and service sector employment rates were used. As a result of homogeneity and cross-section dependency tests, it was decided to perform Multivariate Extended Dickey Fuller-Multivariate Augmented Dickey Fuller unit root test and the Dumitrescu-Hurlin causality test. After determining the unit and time effects for model selection, the Hausman test was performed, and autocorrelation and varying variance problems were investigated in the selected model. After solving these problems, a robust smoothing estimator is used. Then Dumitrescu and Hurlin causality test was conducted and as a result of this test, from Gross Domestic Product to employment in agriculture, industry and service sectors; It has been observed that there is a causal relationship from employment in agriculture and industry to Gross Domestic Product.

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