Labour market forecasting

"Using the example of short-term forecasts for German employment figures, the article at hand examines the question whether the use of disaggregated information increases the forecast accuracy of the aggregate. For this purpose, the out-of-sample forecasts for the aggregated employment forecast...

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Main Authors: Weber, Enzo, Zika, Gerd
Institution:ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
Format: TEXT
Language:English
Published: Nürnberg 2013
IAB
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Online Access:https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19123932124919411149-Labour-market-forecasting.htm
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Zika, Gerd
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description "Using the example of short-term forecasts for German employment figures, the article at hand examines the question whether the use of disaggregated information increases the forecast accuracy of the aggregate. For this purpose, the out-of-sample forecasts for the aggregated employment forecast are compared to and contrasted with forecasts based on a vector-autoregressive model, which includes not only the aggregate but also the numbers of gainfully employed people at the industry level. The Clark/West test is used in the model comparison. It becomes evident that disaggregation significantly improves the employment forecast. Moreover, fluctuation- window tests help identify the phases during which disaggregation increases forecast accuracy to the strongest extent."
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publishDate 2013
publisher Nürnberg
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spellingShingle Weber, Enzo
Zika, Gerd
forecast
labour market analysis
statistical method
Labour market forecasting
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title Labour market forecasting
topic forecast
labour market analysis
statistical method
url https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19123932124919411149-Labour-market-forecasting.htm