Payame Noor University Economic Growth and Development Research 2228-5954 5 17(2) 2015 12 22 Effective Factors on Employment in Food and Drinking Industry in Mazandaran Province Effective Factors on Employment in Food and Drinking Industry in Mazandaran Province 102 91 4671 FA Zahra Amiri Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Guilan, Guilan, Iran Seyedeh Mahboobeh Mozaffari Khoshrodi MSc. Student, Agricultural Engineering- Rural Development, University of Guilan, Guilan, Iran Mohammad Kavoosi Kalashami Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Guilan, Guilan, Iran Journal Article 2018 05 14 Unemployment had been one of the important challenges of recently decade in Iran^,s economy. Food and drinking industry discharge the most important role in employment of industrial products of the country. In spite of large number of workforce in the agricultural sector, job creation potential is low in Mazandaran province so, development of non-agricultural sector should be prioritized in the region. In this province the high level of investment and employee are on these industries. This research wants to study the effect of employment in food and drinking industries, from the number of these industries and in Mazandaran province. Time series statistical data of employment (EM), number of firms (NF), the real investment (RIC), and payment to other inputs (ROIC) are used for 1991-2010. The methodology of research based on Fomby, for selection of suitable model, cause to estimate vector error correction model. The results acquired from <span>Johansen and Juselius test show existence of long term equilibrium relation within these variables. Also results of </span>vector error correction model show that in long term, if RIC and NF change one percent, employment increase by %0.139 and %2.329, but ROIC will decrease employment by %0.258. Unemployment had been one of the important challenges of recently decade in Iran^,s economy. Food and drinking industry discharge the most important role in employment of industrial products of the country. In spite of large number of workforce in the agricultural sector, job creation potential is low in Mazandaran province so, development of non-agricultural sector should be prioritized in the region. In this province the high level of investment and employee are on these industries. This research wants to study the effect of employment in food and drinking industries, from the number of these industries and in Mazandaran province. Time series statistical data of employment (EM), number of firms (NF), the real investment (RIC), and payment to other inputs (ROIC) are used for 1991-2010. The methodology of research based on Fomby, for selection of suitable model, cause to estimate vector error correction model. The results acquired from <span>Johansen and Juselius test show existence of long term equilibrium relation within these variables. Also results of </span>vector error correction model show that in long term, if RIC and NF change one percent, employment increase by %0.139 and %2.329, but ROIC will decrease employment by %0.258. https://egdr.journals.pnu.ac.ir/article_4671_2999b17985db369f152f70afc24a2fc0.pdf