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Other than a common time-point related point of view on unemployment data, this book comprises different statistical methods to determine influencing factors on unemployment duration. A non-parametric analysis method, the Kaplan-Meier-estimation as well as parametric estimations are demonstrated. The third approach examined in the book is a semi-parametric model, Cox proportional hazard (CPH) modeling. All three approaches are applied to Austrian unemployment sample data.

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DI Irene Hofstetter, higher education at the Technical University Vienna. Gain of her final degree in business mathematics in 2008. After three months project support at the institute for econometrics and system theory, entry of career in consulting branch for financial institutions.

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