Has the Great Recession and the Pandemic been one of the Triggers for the rise in Unemployment? A Comparative analysis: Türkiye & EU27

In 1999 the European Council celebrated in Helsinki, on a proposal by Commission, made Türkiye candidate country for EU membership. order to make further progress process, number of reforms, both political and economic, had be implemented. The aim this paper is twofold. First, study evolution one main macroeconomic indicators: unemployment. Secondly, through estimation dynamic econometric models, analyse possible differences unemployment EU27, depending variables such as per capita income, population, inflation, investment or public debt. And also, what has been Keywords: Unemployment rate; Great Recession, Covid-19; variables; labour market policies.