Markov switching is disaggregate unemployment rates

Empirical Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 205-232

  Chauvet, Marcelle ^a   Juhn, Chinhui ^b   Potter, Simon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetries; Baby boom; Bayesian methods; Business cycle; Common factor; Markov switching; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CYCLE; MARKOV CHAIN; UNEMPLOYMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036524632     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001810100101     Document Type: Article

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