Table 1.

Univariate models for EPA series

Coefficient/testUnemployedEmployedActive
ϕ^10.748 (0.085)0.797 (0.077)0.263 (0.144)
Θ^10.722 (0.146)0.684 (0.099)0.485 (0.145)
σ^a110.247106.36877.378
HQ information criterion832.068827.014782.624
DH Test (Normality)24.297 [0.00001]12.839 [0.0016]1.759 [0.415]
LM Test (ARCH(4))17.821 [0.001]19.975 [0.0005]3.029 [0.552]
Q(15)8.526 [0.807]6.827 [0.910]40.371 [0.0001]

Notes:

All the models conform to an ARIMA(1,1,0) × (0,1,1)4 structure, defined as: (1−ϕ1B)∇4yt = (1−Θ1B4)at, where B is the backward shift operator, such that Byt = yt−1, ∇ ≡ 1 − B, ∇S ≡ 1 − BS

Source: Authors’ own work

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