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Unemployment and Economic Growth

Unemployment and Economic Growth is a research topic within Economics and Econometrics. Science Explorer counts 3.1k research works in it since 1955. 18.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the robustness and applicability of Okun's Law in macroeconomics, particularly its relationship with unemployment, output, and economic growth across different countries. The papers explore asymmetries, structural stability, and panel tests to understand the labor market dynamics and macroeconomic determinants.

  • Okun's Law
  • Unemployment
  • Output
  • Macroeconomic Determinants
  • Economic Growth
  • Asymmetry
  • Cross-Country Study
  • Panel Tests
  • Structural Stability
  • Labor Market
Research works
3.1k
fractional, since 1955
In the world top 10%
575
per year above
Top-10% rate
18.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+79%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Unemployment and Economic Growth research?

By volume, Indonesia and Nigeria publish the most (224 and 156 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Indonesia 224 works
  2. 2 Nigeria 156 works
  3. 3 Türkiye 131 works
  4. 4 United States 44 works
  5. 5 India 41 works
  6. 6 Malaysia 22 works
  7. 7 Pakistan 20 works
  8. 8 ?? 18 works
  9. 9 China 18 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 16 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Indonesia: 32.3%Nigeria: 22.6%Türkiye: 19.0%United States: 6.4%6 others listed: 19.7%32%largest
Indonesia224 · 32.3%Nigeria156 · 22.6%Türkiye131 · 19.0%United States44 · 6.4%6 others listed137 · 19.7%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Unemployment and Economic Growth research?

By volume in 2022–2025, State University of Medan publishes the most Unemployment and Economic Growth research, followed by University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa Timur and University of Brawijaya.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 State University of MedanIndonesia 12 works
  2. 2 University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa TimurIndonesia 12 works
  3. 3 University of BrawijayaIndonesia 10 works
  4. 4 Nnamdi Azikiwe UniversityNigeria 10 works
  5. 5 University of MataramIndonesia 8 works
  6. 6 Airlangga UniversityIndonesia 7 works
  7. 7 Muhammadiyah University of SurakartaIndonesia 7 works
  8. 8 Rivers State UniversityNigeria 7 works
  9. 9 University of NigeriaNigeria 6 works
  10. 10 University of UyoNigeria 6 works

Who are the leading researchers in Unemployment and Economic Growth?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Unemployment and Economic Growth include Olivier Blanchard.

  1. 1 Olivier Blanchard United States 2.2k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Unemployment and Economic Growth research done?

The largest centres of Unemployment and Economic Growth research in 2022–2025 are Surabaya (Indonesia), Medan (Indonesia), Malang (Indonesia) and Istanbul (Türkiye).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Surabaya Indonesia 27 works
  2. 2 Medan Indonesia 19 works
  3. 3 Malang Indonesia 19 works
  4. 4 Istanbul Türkiye 18 works
  5. 5 Jakarta Indonesia 15 works
  6. 6 Ankara Türkiye 13 works
  7. 7 Abuja Nigeria 12 works
  8. 8 Surakarta Indonesia 11 works
  9. 9 Awka Nigeria 11 works
  10. 10 Port Harcourt Nigeria 9 works
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Where is the best place to study Unemployment and Economic Growth?

Among universities, judged by research, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, State University of Medan and University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa Timur score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%mean 8.5%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Nnamdi Azikiwe University: 10, 16.7%State University of Medan: 12, 11.1%University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa Timur: 12, 4.3%University of Mataram: 8, 10.4%University of Brawijaya: 10, 0.0%Nnamdi Azikiwe Unive…State University of …University of MataramUniversity of Pemban…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Nnamdi Azikiwe UniversityNigeria 49.016.7%58.8×10 +149.0%
2 State University of MedanIndonesia 46.411.1%17.2×12 —
3 University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa TimurIndonesia 32.54.3%18.0×12 —
4 University of MataramIndonesia 25.710.4%10.3×8 —
5 University of BrawijayaIndonesia 20.40.0%11.8×10 —

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Unemployment and Economic Growth research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 79% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Unemployment and Economic Growth.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.