Investigating the effects of border markets on social security, job creation and economic policies of the border cities of the west of the country (Case study: youth border cities of Kurdistan province)

Subject Areas : Sociological Studies of Youth

Abolreza Normohammadi ¹ , Masoumeh Heidari Zargoosh ² , Marzbane Adibmanesh ³

1 - Department of Sociology, Dehaghan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Dehaghan, Iran
2 - Department of Cultural Sociology, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Farhangian University, Ilam, Iran

Received: 2021-03-03 Accepted : 2021-12-31 Published : 2022-05-01

Keywords: Social Security, Border Market, economic policies, job creation,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of border markets on social security, job creation and economic policies of young people in border cities of Kurdistan province. The present study is an applied research according to the existing goals and the type of research is based on quantitative qualitative paradigm and the technique used to collect information and survey data. The statistical population of the research in the qualitative part includes experts and in the quantitative part is all the native inhabitants of the border markets (young people living in the border markets of Kurdistan province) in the west of the country, which is a population of about 170,000 people. The sample was 384 samples for research. Research data were collected using multistage cluster sampling method. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were used to confirm the questions, and all factors were confirmed. For statistical analysis, Pearson correlation coefficient was used to identify the relationship and structural equation model was used to measure effectiveness. The whole process of analyzing the results was done using Spss 24 and Amos 24 software. The results showed that there is a significant relationship between the variables of border markets with social security, employment and economic policies of border cities in the west of the country and also border markets have an impact on social security, employment and economic policies of border cities in the west.