TY - RPRT AU - Juessen, Falko AU - Linnemann, Ludger TI - Identifying Regional Labor Demand Shocks Using Sign Restrictions PY - 2012/Jul/ PB - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) CY - Bonn T2 - IZA Discussion Paper IS - 6767 UR - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp6767 AB - We propose using sign restrictions to identify regional labor demand shocks in a panel VAR of US federal states. Observed migration responds significantly, but less persistently than the residual-based migration measure constructed by Blanchard and Katz (1992). KW - regional labor markets KW - migration KW - panel VAR KW - sign restrictions ER -