%0 Report %A Andini, Corrado %A Andini, Monica %T A Note on Unemployment Persistence and Quantile Parameter Heterogeneity %D 2015 %8 2015 Jan %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) %C Bonn %7 IZA Discussion Paper %N 8819 %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp8819 %X 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. %K unemployment %K quantile regression %K dynamic models