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Agglomeration and Regional Unemployment Disparities

In the European Union, unemployment rates differ markedly across regions, both within and across nations. This study presents a coherent theoretical approach to explain the emergence and persistence of such regional unemployment disparities. The analysis builds on the wage curve literature, and on r...

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Main Author: Südekum, Jens
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Peter Lang International Academic Publishers 2021
Subjects:
Agglomeration
Agglomeration (Wirtschaft)
Analysis
Arbeitslosigkeit
Disparities
Europa
Europäische Union
European
Reference
Regional
Südekum
Theoretical
Unemployment
Union
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thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government
thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCF Labour / income economics
thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCL International economics::KCLT International trade and commerce
Online Access:1003338
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Summary:In the European Union, unemployment rates differ markedly across regions, both within and across nations. This study presents a coherent theoretical approach to explain the emergence and persistence of such regional unemployment disparities. The analysis builds on the wage curve literature, and on regional agglomeration theories like the new economic geography. These theoretical strings are combined and extended, in order to provide a unified framework.

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