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.
Research, international development, foreign policy, and violent conflict
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.
I’m an Assistant Professor of Political Science & Economics at Yale. I use field work and statistics to study poverty, political participation, the causes and consequences of violence, and policy in developing countries. [Read more]
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