Regional unemployment dynamics in Indonesia: serial persistence, spatial dependence, and common factors

Carlos Mendez*, Tifani Husna Siregar

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Abstract

We analyze the space-time dynamics of Indonesia’s provincial unemployment by simultaneously accounting for their serial persistence, spatial dependence, and common factors. The results show that unemployment rates vary widely across provinces, but have similar patterns over time, indicating the presence of common latent factors. Using the average national unemployment rate as a proxy for common factors, the results indicate that the space-time dynamics of provincial unemployment are characterized by both significant serial persistence and spatial dependence. The results also quantify which regions are most sensitive to national unemployment shocks, providing a deeper understanding of regional unemployment heterogeneity.

Original languageEnglish
Article number40
JournalLetters in Spatial and Resource Sciences
Volume16
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2023
Externally publishedYes

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.

Keywords

  • Common factors
  • Cyclical sensitivity
  • Indonesia
  • Regional unemployment
  • Serial persistance
  • Spatial dependence

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Demography
  • Geography, Planning and Development
  • Urban Studies
  • Economics and Econometrics

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