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Defense Spending and Unemployment. Evidence from Southern European Countries

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  • Michael Chletsos

    (University of Ioannina, Department of Economics and Laboratory of Applied Economic and Social Policy, Ioannina, Greece, Phone: +302651005924)

  • Stelios Roupakias

    (University of Ioannina, Department of Economics, Ioannina, Greece)

Abstract

This paper applies the ARDL approach to cointegration in order to address the defense unemployment nexus. We use information on Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain for the period 1960–2015. Our main results suggest that: (i) there is a stable long-run relationship between the variables under consideration for Portugal, Greece and Spain. (ii) Defense spending decreases (increases) unemployment for the case of Portugal and Greece (Spain), (iii) the impact of non-defense spending is weaker than that of defense spending and (iv) Okun’s law is validated for Portugal, Greece and Spain. (v) These results are robust to the use of heterogeneous panel cointegration and causality analysis.

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  • Michael Chletsos & Stelios Roupakias, 2017. "Defense Spending and Unemployment. Evidence from Southern European Countries," Peace Economics, Peace Science, and Public Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 23(1), pages 1-36, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:pepspp:v:23:y:2017:i:1:p:36:n:3
    DOI: 10.1515/peps-2016-0026
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    • C22 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes
    • H56 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - National Security and War
    • J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search

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