Examining GDP Growth, Unemployment, and InflationShocks to ‎Entrepreneurial Activity in The Philippines

Abraham Camba Jr.; Aileen Camba

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- Abraham Camba Jr. Department of Economics, College of Social Sciences and Development, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Sta. Mesa, Manila
- Aileen Camba Department of Economics, College of Social Sciences and Development, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Sta. Mesa, Manila https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5819-2303
https://doi.org/10.14419/6v07xa65

Received date: July 15, 2025

Accepted date: October 22, 2025

Published date: November 23, 2025
Entrepreneurial Activity; GDP Growth; Impulse Response Function; Inflation; Unemployment; Vector Error Correction Model
Abstract

This study examines the shocks of key macroeconomic indicators—GDP growth, unemployment, and inflation—on entrepreneurial activity ‎in the Philippine context. Employing a Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) framework, the analysis draws on annual time-series data to ‎assess both long-run equilibrium relationships and short-run adjustment dynamics. The Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) test results reveal ‎a mixed order of integration, justifying the use of Johansen cointegration analysis. The cointegration results confirm the existence of a long-run relationship among the variables, validating the application of VECM. The long-run estimates reveal that GDP growth exerts a statistically significant and positive effect on entrepreneurship, supporting the hypothesis that economic expansion facilitates business formation ‎and development. Conversely, unemployment does not have a statistically significant long-run effect, suggesting that labor market fluctua‎tions do not directly translate into entrepreneurial activity in the Philippine setting. Notably, inflation demonstrates a statistically significant ‎positive effect in the long run, contrary to traditional theoretical expectations. This indicates a context-dependent relationship where moderate ‎inflation, possibly under accommodative monetary conditions, may incentivize entrepreneurial behavior. Short-run dynamics reveal that ‎GDP growth and inflation play key roles in adjusting toward long-run equilibrium, while entrepreneurship itself has limited corrective power. Impulse response functions further illustrate the differentiated impacts of macroeconomic shocks: GDP shocks temporarily boost entre‎preneurship, inflation shocks suppress it in the short to medium term, and unemployment shocks show no significant effect‎.
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