We show that high-frequency private payroll microdata can help forecast labor market conditions. Payroll employment is … that complement existing measures. In particular, we develop a set of weekly aggregate employment indexes from 2000 to 2017 …, which allows us to measure employment at a higher frequency than is currently possible. The extensive coverage of the ADP …

develop a suite of models to provide a more timely estimate (nowcast) of euro area quarterly employment growth based on a … timely assessment of employment developments with unemployment rates and sentiment indicators containing most of the relevant …

Using the example of short-term forecasts for German employment figures, the article at hand examines the question …-ofsample forecasts for the aggregated employment forecast are compared to and contrasted with forecasts based on a vector … employment forecast. Moreover, fluctuation-window tests help identify the phases during which disaggregation increases forecast …