New neural network methods for forecasting regional employment: An analysis of German labour markets;Nouvelles méthodes de prévisions fondées sur les réseaux neuronaux appliquées l'emploi régional: Une analyse des marchés du travail dans l'allemagne réunifiée

Spatial Economic Analysis

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-30

  Patuelli, Roberto ^a   Reggiani, Aura ^b   Nijkamp, Peter ^a   Blien, Uwe ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH IAB   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forecasts; Neural networks; Regional employment; Shift share analysis; Shift share regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649164086     PISSN: 17421772     EISSN: 17421780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17421770600661568     Document Type: Article

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