A spatiotemporal analysis of aggregate labour force behaviour by sex and age across the European Union

Journal of Geographical Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-190

  Elhorst, J Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Endogeneity; Labour force participation; Serial dependence; Spatial dependence

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; ECONOMETRICS; ESTIMATION METHOD; EUROPEAN UNION; LABOR PARTICIPATION; MATRIX; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARADIGM SHIFT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 45849142921     PISSN: 14355930     EISSN: 14355949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10109-008-0061-9     Document Type: Article

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