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Institutional arrangements, employment performance and the quality of work
Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul; Tobsch, Verena - 2009
The observation of highly regulated, but successful economies has given rise to the hypothesis of various viable models of labor market adaptability. The paper presents a quantitative indicator that tries to avoid a simplified flexibility-rigidity dichotomy and provides a detailed picture of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269531
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An inquiry into the theory, causes and consequences of monitoring indicators of health and safety at work
Pouliakas, Konstantinos; Theodossiou, Ioannis - 2010
. Second, it reviews the academic literature investigating the correlates of a comprehensive set of OSH indicators, which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269545
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Institutional Arrangements, Employment Performance and the Quality of Work
Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul; Tobsch, Verena - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
The observation of highly regulated, but successful economies has given rise to the hypothesis of various viable models of labor market adaptability. The paper presents a quantitative indicator that tries to avoid a simplified flexibility-rigidity dichotomy and provides a detailed picture of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008514868
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An Inquiry into the Theory, Causes and Consequences of Monitoring Indicators of Health and Safety at Work
Pouliakas, Konstantinos; Theodossiou, Ioannis - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
. Second, it reviews the academic literature investigating the correlates of a comprehensive set of OSH indicators, which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008480916
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Predicting Road Conditions with Internet Search
Askitas, Nikos - 2015
am) and in the evening (5 pm to 7 pm). I propose such searches as a way of forecasting road conditions. The main result …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401780
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On the estimation and forecasting of international migration: how relevant is heterogeneity across countries?
Brücker, Herbert; Siliverstovs, Boriss - 2005
This paper performs a comparative analysis of estimation as well as of out-of-sample forecasting results of more than … estimates of the migration function. Out-of-sample forecasting results indicate the following: (i) the standard fixed effects … variables estimators, (iv) forecasting performance of heterogenous estimators is mediocre in our data set. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267584
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Forecasting with spatial panel data
Baltagi, Badi H.; Bresson, Georges; Pirotte, Alain - 2009
This paper compares various forecasts using panel data with spatial error correlation. The true data generating process is assumed to be a simple error component regression model with spatial remainder disturbances of the autoregressive or moving average type. The best linear unbiased predictor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268987
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Forecasting Time Series Subject to Multiple Structural Breaks
Timmermann, Allan; Pettenuzzo, Davide; Pesaran, … - 2004
This paper provides a novel approach to forecasting time series subject to discrete structural breaks. We propose a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276180
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The Internet as a Data Source for Advancement in Social Sciences
Askitas, Nikos; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2015
. Internet data can successfully be applied to a very wide range of human resource issues including forecasting (e.g. of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010513162
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Prediction markets for economic forecasting
Snowberg, Erik; Wolfers, Justin; Zitzewitz, Eric - 2012
Prediction markets - markets used to forecast future events - have been used to accurately forecast the outcome of political contests, sporting events, and, occasionally, economic outcomes. This chapter summarizes the latest research on prediction markets in order to further their utilization by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287666