Can Google data help predict French youth unemployment?

Y. Fondeur and Frédéric Karamé

Economic Modelling, 2013, vol. 30, issue C, 117-125

Abstract: According to the growing “Google econometrics” literature, Google queries may help predict economic activity. The aim of our paper is to test whether these data can enhance predictions of youth unemployment in France.

Keywords: Google econometrics; Forecasting; Nowcasting; Unemployment; Unobserved components; Diffuse initialization; Kalman filter; Univariate treatment of time series; Smoothing; Multivariate models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C22 C51 E32 E37 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2012.07.017

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