Measuring and Analyzing the Role of Investment in Reducing Unemployment Rates in Iraq During the Period (2004-2023)

Abstract

Domestic and foreign investment are directly and indirectly important in all areas, especially in reducing unemployment. The main objective of this study is to measure and analyze the impact of domestic and foreign investment on the unemployment rate in Iraq, based on secondary data (secondary data) for the years (2004-2023) and using the program (E-Views -12). Using the ARDL method to find the short-term and long-term effects of domestic and foreign investment on unemployment, the study reached several conclusions, the most important of which is the existence of a clear effect of domestic investment on reducing unemployment. In the short run an increase in domestic investment affects a decrease in unemployment by (6.43-), and an inverse relationship, while an increase in foreign investment affects a decrease in unemployment by (-0.31), and also an inverse relationship There is an increase in the unemployment rate by (0.57),the effects of domestic and foreign investment on the unemployment rate unemployment is more effective in the short run than in the long run. Foreign investment has less impact than domestic investment on reducing unemployment, because Iraq relies more on the oil sector, which uses the least domestic labor, the study made several recommendations, the most important of which is to increase the level of domestic and foreign investment The principle of increasing job opportunities and reducing unemployment.