Spatial dependence in local unemployment rates

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 169-191

  Patacchini, Eleonora ^a   Zenou, Yves ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS IFN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Commuting flows; Dynamic panel data models; Spatial correlation; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; CORRELATION; LABOR MARKET; MODELING; PANEL DATA; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947138767     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbm001     Document Type: Article

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