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Table 2 Bai–Ng and Onatski criteria for the number of dynamic 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

−0.4584

−0.4869

−0.4949

−0.4920

−0.4806

−0.4649

 2005–2008 sample

−0.6388

−0.6324

−0.6220

−0.6070

−0.5885

−0.5685

 05.2005–2008 sample

−0.5841

−0.5771

−0.5664

−0.5471

−0.5242

−0.5014

Onatskib

      

 1997–2004 sample

6219.58

2363.65

1574.84

1238.74

1001.09

870.31

 2005–2008 sample

6840.89

1021.37

955.39

789.58

711.58

674.43

 05.2005–2008 sample

6027.66

1034.42

875.61

694.51

674.43

631.79

  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 1103.95, 1123.37, 960.97, and 957.33