The relationship among the unemployment rate, inflation and child abuse rate in Malaysia
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2015-10Author
Mohd Shahidan, Shaari
Syahira, Sa’aban
Nor Hidayah, Harun
Mohd Suberi, Ab Halim, Dr
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This paper attempts to shed some lights on the relationship among inflation,
unemployment rate and child abuse rate in Malaysia by using data period of
1982 to 2011. This study employs ADF and PP test, Johansen co-integration test
and causality test to seek for relationship among the variables. ADF and PP test
show all variables are non- stationary in level and stationary in first difference.
The Johansen co-integration test explains that the inflation rate and
unemployment rate are correlated with the child abuse rate in the long run. The
vector error correction model reveals an increase in unemployment rate causes
the child abuse rate to increase in the short and long run. The causality test
seems to run from the unemployment rate to child abuse rate. However, the
findings show that no causality is found between the inflation rate and the child
abuse rate. It is hope that the findings will assist Malaysian government to lessen
the child abuse rate by controlling the unemployment rate at a minimum rate.