regional unemployment

regional unemployment

a form of STRUCTURAL UNEMPLOYMENT, associated with the decline of certain industrial activities such as shipbuilding and steel production, that is heavily concentrated in particular regions of the country. See REGIONAL POLICY.
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we present evidence on sigma--convergence) in regional unemployment rates and wages for the sample of transition economies for which we have data available for the time period from 1992 to 1998, from the Regspec/AccessLab data set, and of unemployment rates and GDP for the period from 1999, using the Eurostat sources.
Regional labour market developments in transition: a survey of the empirical literature
To learn more about annual average unemployment by State, see "State and Regional Unemployment, 2001 Annual Averages," news release USDL 02-97.
States and unemployment. (Labor Month in Review)
David Blanchflower and Andrew Oswald examine wage curves (looking at the relationship between wage levels and regional unemployment) using data from ten countries.
Differences and Changes in Wage Structures
hourly manufacturing wage, RELU is the ratio (lagged one period) of the regional to the national unemployment rate, and ULF is the level of the regional unemployment rate.
Comparing the New England and Southern California regional recessions
Moreover, at the national level, a greater dispersion in state and regional unemployment rates can increase the natural rate of unemployment and shift the Phillips curve out because of an inefficient allocation of the labor force [3; 38].
Differences in state unemployment rates: the role of labor and product market structural shifts
The national average regional unemployment rate is sitting at 5 per cent, supported by Victorias outstanding results with other states such as New South Wales at 4.9 per cent and South Australia at 5.1 per cent.
Australia : Regional Victorias Unemployment Rate Hits Record Low
The regional unemployment rate remained around its 2013 average at 10.1%, a 0.1% increase compared to October to December 2013.
JLNORTH East must rise to challenge; KEVAN CARRICK
Of course history proves that her party was the party against life changing Labour legislation like the NHS and the minimum wage, plus her party is the party of mass unemployment ie the North-east's highest regional unemployment in the country.
No hiding place... Your say
Regional unemployment rates varied widely across the EU27 in 2009, from 2.1% in the region of Zeeland in the Netherlands, to 27.1% in Reunion, a French Overseas Department.
UNEMPLOYMENT : MARKED DISPARITIES IN REGIONAL JOBLESS RATES
The summit is also set to approve a resolution to halve the regional unemployment rate, which topped 14pc last year, in the period between next year and 2020.
Arab leaders set to approve customs union
He points to the fact that in November the West Midlands suffered the sharpest drop in new orders for the whole of the UK and while cost inflation eased significantly, the regional unemployment rate at 6.5 per cent remained above the UK average of 5.8 per cent.
Training cutbacks must be avoided at all costs; EDUCATION
Regional unemployment rates also grew worse relative to state and national averages.
South Bend and Elkhart area forecast 2009

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