ON THE DETECTION OF STATE DEPENDENCE USING AGGREGATE OUTFLOW DATA - COMMENTS ON PREVIOUS STUDIES

Authors
VANDENBERG GJ VANOURS JC
Citation
Gj. Vandenberg et Jc. Vanours, ON THE DETECTION OF STATE DEPENDENCE USING AGGREGATE OUTFLOW DATA - COMMENTS ON PREVIOUS STUDIES, Economic journal, 108(450), 1998, pp. 1422-1430
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Economics
Journal title
Economic journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00130133
Volume
108
Issue
450
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1422 - 1430
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-0133(1998)108:450<1422:OTDOSD>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
In this paper we examine a rather popular eyeball check which has been used to establish the presence of state dependence in aggregate unemp loyment duration data. We correct the literature by showing that this check may well lead to wrong conclusions.