@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp8819, author={Andini, Corrado and Andini, Monica}, title={A Note on Unemployment Persistence and Quantile Parameter Heterogeneity}, year={2015}, month={Jan}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={8819}, url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp8819}, abstract={The standard approach to the estimation of unemployment persistence assumes that quantile parameter heterogeneity does not matter. Using panel quantile autoregression techniques on state-level data for the United States (1980-2010), we suggest that it does.}, keywords={unemployment;quantile regression;dynamic models}, }