An accuracy assessment of the global employment trends' unemployment rate forecasts

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Autori principali: Christina Wieser, Evangelia Bourmpoula
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author Christina Wieser
Evangelia Bourmpoula
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Evangelia Bourmpoula
Christina Wieser
Evangelia Bourmpoula
contents An accuracy assessment of the global employment trends' unemployment rate forecasts Christina Wieser Evangelia Bourmpoula This study provides a quantitative assessment of the bias, accuracy, and efficiency of the Global Employment Trends (GET) global and regional unemployment rate forecasts made in three recent annual GET reports. After conducting a series of statistical tests, the results suggest that, on average across all countries with data availability, the GET unemployment rate forecasts are slightly biased; we over-predict one and two years ahead and under-predict three and four years ahead. However, this bias is not significant for one to three years ahead. Moreover, our tests for accuracy show that the shorter the prediction period, the more accurate our forecasts indicated by smaller forecast errors for shorter prediction periods and larger forecast errors for longer periods. Research Department working paper (International Labour Organization), no. 1, ILO publication.encyclopediaEntry
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spellingShingle An accuracy assessment of the global employment trends' unemployment rate forecasts
Christina Wieser
Evangelia Bourmpoula
An accuracy assessment of the global employment trends' unemployment rate forecasts Christina Wieser Evangelia Bourmpoula This study provides a quantitative assessment of the bias, accuracy, and efficiency of the Global Employment Trends (GET) global and regional unemployment rate forecasts made in three recent annual GET reports. After conducting a series of statistical tests, the results suggest that, on average across all countries with data availability, the GET unemployment rate forecasts are slightly biased; we over-predict one and two years ahead and under-predict three and four years ahead. However, this bias is not significant for one to three years ahead. Moreover, our tests for accuracy show that the shorter the prediction period, the more accurate our forecasts indicated by smaller forecast errors for shorter prediction periods and larger forecast errors for longer periods. Research Department working paper (International Labour Organization), no. 1, ILO publication.encyclopediaEntry
title An accuracy assessment of the global employment trends' unemployment rate forecasts
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