The role of recurrence plots in characterizing the output-unemployment relationship: an analysis

PLoS One. 2013;8(2):e56767. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056767. Epub 2013 Feb 27.

Abstract

We analyse the output-unemployment relationship using an approach based on cross-recurrence plots and quantitative recurrence analysis. We use post-war period quarterly U.S. data. The results obtained show the emergence of a complex and interesting relationship.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Efficiency
  • Gross Domestic Product / statistics & numerical data*
  • Models, Economic*
  • Unemployment / statistics & numerical data*
  • United States

Grants and funding

This paper is supported by the Sectorial Operational Programme Human Resources Development (SOP HRD), financed from the European Social Fund and by the Romanian Government under the contract number SOP HRD/89/1.5/S/62988. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.