D<sc>ixon</sc> R., L<sc>im</sc> G. C. and F<sc>reebairn</sc> J. Regional Beveridge curves: a latent variable approach, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. This paper applies an unobserved components model to a panel of Australian data to identify the direction and timing of the shifts in regional Beveridge curves. The approach identifies a...

In this article, we set out a model of labour productivity which distinguishes between shocks which change productivity permanently and shocks which have transient affects on productivity. We show that this model is a type of unobserved components model -- a random walk with drift plus noise...