Schanne, N.; Wapler, R.; Weyh, A. - In: International Journal of Forecasting 26 (2010) 4, pp. 908-926
We forecast unemployment levels for the 176 German labour-market districts on a monthly basis. Because of their small sizes, strong spatial interdependencies exist between these regional units. To account for these, as well as for the heterogeneity in the regional development over time, we apply...