The Ins and Outs of Forecasting Unemployment: Using Labor Force Flows to Forecast the Labor Market
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- Régis Barnichon & Christopher J. Nekarda, 2013. "The ins and outs of forecasting unemployment: Using labor force flows to forecast the labor market," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2013-19, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
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