Patuelli, Roberto; Reggiani, Aura; Nijkamp, Peter; … - 2006
In this paper, a set of neural network (NN) models is developed to compute short-term forecasts of regional employment … forecasting range. Next, additional forecasts are computed, by combining the NN methodology with Shift-Share Analysis (SSA). Since … differences in the size and time horizons of the data, the forecasts for West and East Germany are computed separately. The out …