Measuring the impact of entrepreneurial projects on unemployment rates in Iraq: An applied study for the period (2019-2004)

Abstract

This paper aimed to know the impact of pilot projects in addressing the problem of unemployment in Iraq for the period (2004-2019) using both the number of projects and the number of workers in them as independent variables and unemployment rates as a dependent variable, and that there is an inverse relationship between the number of projects and the number of workers on the one hand, and unemployment rates on the one hand. other, and that any increase in the number of projects and the number of workers in them leads to a decrease in unemployment rates, and the joint integration model was used based on the method (ARDL), Where it was found that there is a relationship of joint integration between the pilot projects and the unemployment rate, as well as the existence of a long-term inverse relationship that moves from the number of workers in the pilot projects towards unemployment rates.