(جامعة الوادي University of Eloued, 2013-12-31) ADOUKA, Lakhdar; BOUGUELL, Zohra
ABSTRACT : The objective of this paper is to estimate the Okun’s coefficient, and to
check whether the Okun’s law in Algérie is valid or not. For this purpose, we have used
annuel time series data during the period 1970-2010. Firstly, I applied difference version
of Okun’s law, the Johansen test is employed to find out long run association between
unemployment and production, and error correction mechanism (ECM) is used for short
run dynamic.