A new leading indicator for unemployment: Kick-off for the IAB labor market barometer

Abstract

"Short-term forecasts of employment and unemployment play a central role in the IAB's range of tasks. To this, appropriate leading indicators can make a substantial contribution. Although some indicators for the German labor market exist, there is still need for a leading indicator directly signaling the development of unemployment. We close this gap and present a new, survey-based unemployment leading indicator: the IAB labor market barometer." (Authors' abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Hutter, C., Weber, E., Schmidt, K. & Delfs, S. (2013): Neuer Frühindikator für die Entwicklung der Arbeitslosigkeit: Startschuss für das IAB-Arbeitsmarktbarometer. (IAB-Kurzbericht 20/2013), Nürnberg, 8 p.