The effect of some macroeconomic variables on the structure of total employment in Iraq for the period (1990-2017).

The research aimed to analyze some factors affecting the Iraqi total employment structure during the period 1990-2017 using the ARDL method of joint integration to study the impact of GDP, total investments, total wages and technological development on the volume of total employment, One of its results was that the volume of total employment was not affected by the increase in the gross domestic product, as its increase is not reflected in the increase in employment, but rather means an increase in the import rates of goods and services imported from abroad produced by foreign labor, not local, and this is due to the nature of the Iraqi economy, the research recommended that the government should put in place an effective system for developing local technological capabilities and create a solid ground for workers’ wages by maintaining their minimum wages to ensure the protection of the low-paid category.