Spatial dependencies in German matching functions

Franziska Lottmann

Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2012, vol. 42, issue 1-2, 27-41

Abstract: This paper proposes a spatial panel model for German matching functions to avoid possibly biased and inefficient estimates due to spatial dependence. We provide empirical evidence for the presence of spatial dependencies in matching data. Based on an official data set containing monthly information for 176 local employment offices, we show that neglecting spatial dependencies in the data results in upward-biased coefficients. For the incorporation of spatial information into our model, we use data on commuting relations between local employment offices. Furthermore, our results suggest that a dynamic modeling is more appropriate for matching functions.

Keywords: Empirical matching; Geographic labor mobility; Spatial dependence; Regional unemployment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 C23 J63 J64 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2011.04.007

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