SOSYOEKONOMI, cilt.33, sa.65, ss.295-314, 2025 (ESCI)
This study aims to test the
validity of the unemployment hysteresis hypothesis in the Turkic Republics
(Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan) with
annual data covering the period 1991-2023. For this purpose, Lee and Tieslau's
(2019) two-break panel unit root test was used as a method in the analysis part
of the study. In the study, general, female, male, youth, young female and
young male unemployment rates of six (6) countries were analysed separately.
When the panel unit root results of Lee and Tieslau (2019) unemployment rates
are analysed, according to the LM statistic results calculated for Azerbaijan,
Uzbekistan, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, it is seen that
there is no hysteresis effect in all countries. Therefore, the unemployment
hysteresis hypothesis does not apply to the Turkic Republics during the
relevant period.