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Mixed Sampling Panel Data Model for Regional Job Vacancies Forecasting

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  • Dorin JULA

    (Institute for Economic Forecasting, Romanian Academy/Ecological University of Bucharest, Department of Economics)

  • Nicolae Marius JULA

    ("Nicolae Titulescu" University of Bucharest)

Abstract

We tested, for Romania, the relationship at regional level between the job vacancies rate (with quarterly frequency) as explained variable and, as explanatory variables (regressors) unemployment rate (available with monthly frequency), respectively gross domestic product growth rate (who is presented at annual frequency). To identify the regional (cross-sections) specific effects, we use a panel data model. Since the analysed variables have different frequencies, the panel data model was built based on the MIDAS methodology. To avoid the cross-section correlation between errors, we used the SUR methodology to estimate the model's parameters. We found that, for all eight Romanian regions, the job vacancies are negative associated with unemployment (this result is consistent with the theory of Beveridge curve), and positive correlated with economic growth (and this result is in line with Okun's theory). The data also show a significant inertial effect in regional dynamics of vacancies.

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  • Dorin JULA & Nicolae Marius JULA, 2017. "Mixed Sampling Panel Data Model for Regional Job Vacancies Forecasting," Eco-Economics Review, Ecological University of Bucharest, Economics Faculty and Ecology and Environmental Protection Faculty, vol. 3(1), pages 3-20, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:eub:ecoecr:v:1:y:2017:i:1:p:3-20
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    Keywords

    job vacancy; unemployment rate; gross domestic product; panel data model; MIDAS; forecasting methods;
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    JEL classification:

    • C33 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • C53 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Forecasting and Prediction Models; Simulation Methods
    • J63 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs
    • J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search

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