Forecasting regional labor market developments under spatial autocorrelation

International Regional Science Review

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 100-119

  Longhi, Simonetta ^a   Nijkamp, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Regional forecasts; Space time data; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; ECONOMIC POLICY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; FORECASTING METHOD; LABOR MARKET; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 34147190267     PISSN: 01600176     EISSN: 15526925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0160017606298428     Document Type: Article

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