A latent variable approach to forecasting the unemployment rate |
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Authors: | Chew Lian Chua G C Lim Sarantis Tsiaplias |
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Institution: | 1. Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia;2. KPMG, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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Abstract: | A forecasting model for unemployment is constructed that exploits the time series properties of unemployment while satisfying the economic relationships specified by Okun's law and the Phillips curve. In deriving the model, we jointly consider the problem of obtaining estimates of the unobserved potential rate of unemployment consistent with Okun's law and the Phillips curve, and associating the potential rate of unemployment with actual unemployment. The empirical example shows that the model clearly outperforms alternative forecasting procedures typically used to forecast unemployment. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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Keywords: | forecasting unemployment unobserved components |
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