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Table 1 Bai–Ng and Onatski criteria for the number of static factors

From: More than just one labor market cycle in Germany? An analysis of regional unemployment dataMehr als ein Arbeitsmarktzyklus in Deutschland? Eine Analyse regionaler Daten zur Arbeitslosigkeit

Number of factors

1

2

3

4

5

6

Bai-Nga

 1997–2004 sample

−0.2528

−0.3095

−0.3172

−0.3217

−0.3135

−0.3031

 2005–2010 sample

−0.3947

−0.4104

−0.4134

−0.3977

−0.3810

−0.3653

 06.2005–2010 sample

−0.4184

−0.4296

−0.4180

−0.3996

−0.3830

−0.3613

Onatskib

 1997–2004 samplec

9270.21

2816.62

1428.32

1274.58

943.03

859.39

 2005–2010 samplec

9304.35

1291.7

1009.52

689.95

644.35

625.79

 06.2005–2010 samplec

9052.59

1161.84

768.78

648.57

637.48

561.69

  1. aNumbers in bold face indicate the minima for each sample
  2. bNumbers in bold face indicate eigenvalues exceeding the threshold
  3. cThresholds for the eigenvalues are: 948.2, 982.95, 860.99, and 819.43