New revelations about unemployment persistence in Spain: Time-series and panel data approaches using regional data

Applied Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 219-236

  Garcia del Barrio, P ^a   Gil Alana, L A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT INTERNACIONAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; MODELING; PANEL DATA; TIME SERIES; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 58949095920     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840600994237     Document Type: Article

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