IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/rnd/arjebs/v17y2025i1p9-20.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Unemployment in Mena Region

Author

Listed:
  • Abdulkadir Muktar Nur
  • Jimoh Olajide Raji

Abstract

This paper examines the impact of foreign direct investment on unemployment in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region from 2011 to 2021. To achieve this, the study employed fixed effect and random effect estimators. The findings reveal that FDI, GDP growth, and population growth have negative coefficients and a significant impact on unemployment, whereas government expenditures and exports have negative coefficients but no significant impact on unemployment. This suggests that FDI, GDP growth and population growth reduce unemployment in the MENA region. Since the countries in this region have experienced high concentrations of unemployment, the government should focus on implementing policies that develop the skills and training of the people to prevent mismatches and encourage the private sector to create new jobs. In addition, the government should develop policies that facilitate the access and operation of FDI investors, as this will further assist in lessening unemployment in the MENA region.

Suggested Citation

  • Abdulkadir Muktar Nur & Jimoh Olajide Raji, 2025. "The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Unemployment in Mena Region," Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies, AMH International, vol. 17(1), pages 9-20.
    • Handle: RePEc:rnd:arjebs:v:17:y:2025:i:1:p:9-20
    DOI: 10.22610/jebs.v17i1(J).4095
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://ojs.amhinternational.com/index.php/jebs/article/view/4095/2905
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://ojs.amhinternational.com/index.php/jebs/article/view/4095
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.22610/jebs.v17i1(J).4095?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:rnd:arjebs:v:17:y:2025:i:1:p:9-20. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Muhammad Tayyab (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://ojs.amhinternational.com/index.php/jebs .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.