Identifying regional labor demand shocks using sign restrictions

Falko Juessen; Ludger Linnemann

We propose using sign restrictions to identify regional labor demand shocks in a panel VAR of US federal states. Observed migration responds significantly, but less persistently than the residual-based migration measure constructed by Blanchard and Katz (1992). -- regional labor markets ; migration ; panel VAR ; sign restrictions

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Juessen, Falko ; Linnemann, Ludger
Publisher:	Bonn : IZA
Subject:	Arbeitsnachfrage \| Labor demand \| Schock \| Shock \| Regionaler Arbeitsmarkt \| Regional labour market \| Binnenwanderung \| Internal migration \| Schätzung \| Estimation \| USA \| United States \| 1989-2002

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (PDF-Datei: 8 S., 113,50 KB) graph. Darst.
Series:	Discussion paper series / IZA. - Bonn : IZA, ZDB-ID 2120053-1. - Vol. 6767
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	Systemvoraussetzung: Acrobat Reader
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/62382 [Handle]
Classification:	E24 - Employment; Unemployment; Wages ; R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, and Changes ; C33 - Models with Panel Data ; C32 - Time-Series Models
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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