Unemployment And Poverty Causality In Nigeria

ABSTRACT Despite the numerous policies that have been set out over the years to tackle the hydra-headed problems of unemployment and poverty in Nigeria, not much progress has been made towards quelling the trend. Part of the reasons why these problems seem unsolvable is due to the fact that direction of causality between the two has not been ascertained in the light determination of policy direction. The main objective of this study, therefore, is to explore the direction of causality that exists between unemployment and poverty in Nigeria. Time series data were applied in carrying out this re…