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Sources of employment fluctuations in Taiwan's industries and regions

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This empirical study explores the sources of employment fluctuations in Taiwan's industries and regions over the period 1978 to 2004. The quarterly growth rates of employment in nine industries and four regions are modelled with a structural vector autoregression (VAR), and the employment shocks are measured by VAR residuals. The covariance matrix of the VAR residuals is decomposed using system estimation method that selects the parameters to make the error model close to the covariance matrix and, in turn, to estimate the relative importance of national as well as industry-specific and region-specific shocks. The empirical results show that industry-specific shocks account for the major fluctuations in industries and regions. On average, about 83.95% of an industry's cyclical variations and 56.28% of the volatility in a region may be attributed to industry-specific shocks. National shocks account for little employment volatility in industries. Only the finance and personal service industries are highly sensitive to national shocks.

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  • Pi-Fem Hsu, 2008. "Sources of employment fluctuations in Taiwan's industries and regions," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 40(17), pages 2279-2293.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:40:y:2008:i:17:p:2279-2293
    DOI: 10.1080/00036840600949454
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