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Table 1 Descriptive statistics.

From: Investigating the relationship between changes in oil prices and unemployment rate in Nigeria: linear and nonlinear autoregressive distributed lag approaches

Variables

Obs

Mean

SD

Min

Max

p1

p99

Skew.

Kurt.

Unemployment–real oil price model (Brent)

unempl

160

12.185

10.711

1.531

45.144

1.578

43.801

1.143

3.483

ropbtr

160

0.608

0.322

0.165

1.372

0.167

1.350

0.661

2.196

rgdp

160

3.473e + 13

1.840e + 13

1.604e + 13

7.122e + 13

1.610e + 13

7.074e + 13

0.845

2.185

cpi

160

53.234

64.445

0.365

248.882

0.365

243.242

1.316

3.836

lrate

160

17.284

5.141

8.089

32.482

8.121

31.947

0.145

3.317

fdi

160

1.481

1.309

− 1.274

6.37

− 1.233

6.233

1.360

5.813

Unemployment–real oil price model (WTI)

unempl

148

12.956

10.771

1.531

45.144

1.619

43.801

1.059

3.298

rwti

148

0.561

0.261

0.192

1.366

0.194

1.279

0.751

2.600

rgdp

148

3.580e + 13

1.868e + 13

1.604e + 13

7.122e + 13

1.610e + 13

7.074e + 13

0.725

1.997

cpi

148

57.516

65.162

0.500

248.882

0.514

243.242

1.223

3.587

lrate

148

17.996

4.665

9.219

32.482

9.333

31.947

0.296

3.927

fdi

148

1.605

1.252

0.024

6.37

0.221

6.233

1.696

6.159

  1. unempl, ropbtr, rwti, rgdp, cpi, lrate and fdi stand for unemployment rate, real brent oil price, real WTI oil price, real GDP, consumer price index, prime lending rate and foreign direct investment, respectively