Labour force participation rates at the regional and national levels of the European Union: An integrated analysis

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 525-549

  Elhorst, J Paul ^a   Zeilstra, Annette S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Labour force participation; Labour market policy; Multilevel analysis; Space time data; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; ECONOMETRICS; EUROPEAN UNION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR PARTICIPATION; LABOR POLICY;

EID: 36349010810     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2007.00136.x     Document Type: Article

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