Okun's law

English

Etymology

Named after Arthur Melvin Okun, who proposed the relationship in 1962.

Proper noun

Okun's law

  1. (economics) An empirically observed relationship between unemployment and losses in a country's production. The "gap version" states that for every 1% increase in the unemployment rate, a country's GDP will be roughly an additional 2% lower than its potential GDP. The "difference version" describes the relationship between quarterly changes in unemployment and quarterly changes in real GDP.
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