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Oh Google, is there anything you can’t do?

Want your job stats faster? Nikolaos Askitas and Klaus Zimmermann use Google searches for job search engines in Germany to accurately forecast the monthly unemployment announcements.

Hat tip to M-Clem.

categories: economics | tags: economics, employment, Google

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Michael Seifu on Why you should pay attention to the Ethiopian devaluation: I am apprehensive about the timing and the usefulness of the...
D. Watson on Why you should pay attention to the Ethiopian devaluation: The permanent link: here
D. Watson on Why you should pay attention to the Ethiopian devaluation: I give a slightly lengthy discussion at my blog. I think...
DRDR on This one is for the statistics crowd…: Thanks for elaborating.
Chris Prottas on Why you should pay attention to the Ethiopian devaluation: I’m no macroeconomist either, but if the capital flight...
Chris Blattman on This one is for the statistics crowd…: I don’t think the evidence against rainfall is damning. I think it...
Luis Enrique on This one is for the statistics crowd…: Yes, can you expand on why that’s such a take-down?
Chris Blattman on Are human rights a morally doubtful belief?: Stupendous suggestions. This is why I love having a blog.
DRDR on This one is for the statistics crowd…: Correction, I meant to say it’s purely random correlation between the IV and...
Julian Langer on Are human rights a morally doubtful belief?: Matthias Risse, Professor of Public Policy at HKS , has a new book in the...