UNEMPLOYMENT AND ITS IMPACT ON NIGERIAN ECONOMIC GROWTH: AN ARDL APPROACH, 1999–2025
This study examines effect of unemployment in Nigeria's economic growth (1999–2025), anchored in Endogenous Growth Theory, which links human capital utilization to long-run growth. Real GDP (logged) is modelled as a function of unemployment, population, inflation, and government capital expenditure. Given mixed integra...