Time series forecasts of the construction labour market in Hong Kong: The Box-Jenkins approach

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 979-991

  Wong, James M W ^a   Chan, Albert P C ^a   Chiang, Y H ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Box Jenkins approach; Construction industry; Hong Kong; Labour market; Time series forecast

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; FORECASTING; PERSONNEL SELECTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WAGES;

BOX-JENKINS APPROACH; HONG KONG; LABOUR MARKET; TIME SERIES FORECAST;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; LABOR MARKET; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 29244477500     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190500204911     Document Type: Article

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