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En busca de un modelo Benchmark univariado para predecir la tasa de desempleo

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  • Javier Contreras-Reyes
  • Byron Idrovo

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En este trabajo se analiza la precisión y la estabilidad de las predicciones de la tasa de desempleo de Chile, obtenidas de una familia de modelos SARIMA, entre febrero de 1986 y febrero de 2010. Las proyecciones SARIMA son comparadas con las provenientes de modelos univariados, incluyendo los benchmarks predictivos. Simultáneamente, se ajustó un modelo ARFIMA (Autorregresive Fractionary Integrated Moving Average), debido a los signos de persistencia que muestra el indicador de desempleo en su comportamiento; sin embargo, a partir de los métodos de estimación de Reisen (1994), Geweke et al. (1983) y Whittle (1962) se obtuvieron parámetros de integración mayores que 0.5, lo que empíricamente sustenta el tratamiento de la tasa de desempleo como una serie no estacionaria. La evaluación de la capacidad predictiva de los modelos se centra en las proyecciones fuera de muestra de 1, 6 y 12 meses hacia adelante. Los resultados indican que el RECM fuera de muestra de las proyecciones SARIMA es menor que el de los métodos univariados considerados.

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  • Javier Contreras-Reyes & Byron Idrovo, 2011. "En busca de un modelo Benchmark univariado para predecir la tasa de desempleo," Revista Cuadernos de Economia, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, FCE, CID, December.
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    Keywords

    tasa de desempleo; SARIMA; ARFIMA; benchmarks predictivos; Chile.;
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    JEL classification:

    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • E27 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications
    • C15 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Statistical Simulation Methods: General
    • C20 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - General

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