Studying the relationship between the demand for university education and the unemployment of university graduates in Egypt During the period (1976 - 2014)

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Economics Department Faculty of Commerce University of Damanhour Damanhour Egypt

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The aim of this research is to study the relationship between the increasing demand for university education and the unemployment among university graduates in Egypt. There has been an increase in the demand for university education in Egypt for several social and political reasons with little attention to economic standards. This has led to a higher rate of quantitative growth in the number of university graduates than Employment opportunities that need qualified learners, thus unemployment among university graduates in Egypt increased at an increasing rate and even became a major obstacle to development. The impact of increased demand for university education on the unemployment of university graduates is measured using the Bounds Testing method and the (ARDL) to estimate long term and short term relationships based on time series data Annually covering the period (19762014). The study found that there is a significant effect of the total enrollment rates in university education as an indicator of the increase in the demand for university education on the unemployment rate among university graduates in Egypt.

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