Tansel, AysitOzdemir, Zeynel AbidinAksoy, Emre2020-06-252020-06-252016closedAccess1350-48511466-4291https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2015.1064071https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12587/6631ozdemir, zeynel abidin/0000-0001-8600-0463; aksoy, emre/0000-0003-3189-1427This article investigates the relationship between labour force participation rate and unemployment rate in Turkey a developing country. Cointegration analysis is carried out for the aggregate and gender-specific series. The findings indicate that there is no long-run relationship between labour force participation and unemployment rates in Turkey. Thus, unlike in the case of the developed countries, the unemployment invariance hypothesis is supported in Turkey.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessUnemployment invariance hypothesiscointegrationTurkeyArticle23318418710.1080/13504851.2015.10640712-s2.0-84948114098Q2WOS:000364987000007Q4