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Nowcasting business cycles using toll data
Askitas, Nikos; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2011
business cycle forecasting and demonstrate its relevance using German data. The index measures the monthly transportation …-driven economic telemetry, which we suggest should be established more around the world. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278651
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Nowcasting Business Cycles Using Toll Data
Askitas, Nikos; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
business cycle forecasting and demonstrate its relevance using German data. The index measures the monthly transportation …-driven economic telemetry, which we suggest should be established more around the world. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008854242
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Walls and Fences: A Journey Through History and Economics
Vernon, Victoria; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2019
institutional changes aimed at increasing growth, improving security and reducing income inequality in poorer countries. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011984908
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Walls and Fences: A Journey Through History and Economics
Vernon, Victoria; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2020
institutional changes aimed at increasing growth, improving security and reducing income inequality in poorer countries. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012249733
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Walls and fences : a journey through history and economics
Vernon, Victoria; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2020 - Pre-publication draft July 2020
institutional changes aimed at increasing growth, improving security and reducing income inequality in poorer countries. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012249714
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Walls and fences : a journey through history and economics
Vernon, Victoria; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2019
institutional changes aimed at increasing growth, improving security and reducing income inequality in poorer countries. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012161476
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Big data and unemployment analysis
Bratu, Mihaela; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2017
Internet or "big" data are increasingly measuring the relevant activities of individuals, households, firms and public … experimental settings. Therefore, internet data are extremely useful to study a wide variety of human resource issues including … unemployment by means of internet activity data, a literature starting with the seminal article of Askitas and Zimmermann (2009a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012114391
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Prognosen aus dem Internet: Weitere Erholung am Arbeitsmarkt erwartet
Askitas, Nikos; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009
Nach einem neuen methodischen Prognosekonzept, das arbeitsmarktbezogene Internetdaten nutzt, entspannt sich zum Frühjahr 2009 die Arbeitsmarktlage. Das Papier erläutert die Technik der Prognose der Arbeitslosigkeit unter Nutzung der Messung der Google-Suchaktivität und illustriert die...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010331484
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Googlemetrie und Arbeitsmarkt in der Wirtschaftskrise
Askitas, Nikos; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009
Die große Wirtschaftskrise hat bisher nur verhaltene Spuren am Arbeitsmarkt hinterlassen. Angesichts der unsicheren weiteren konjunkturellen Entwicklung, der schlechten Auslastung der Arbeitskräfte in den Unternehmen und der hohen Kurzarbeit erwarten viele Beobachter zum Herbst einen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010331501
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A Summer Break for the Unemployment Rate: Google-Assisted Forecasting Signals Easing
Askitas, Nikos; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: Weekly Report 5 (2009) 25, pp. 176-181
To date, the Great Recession has only had a mild impact on the German labor market. In view of the uncertainties surrounding future economic growth, the low utilization of the workforce in firms, and the prevalence of working hour reductions, many observers are anticipating a dramatic rise in...
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