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Regional Unemployment Disparities and their Dynamics

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Ron Martin

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MARTIN R. (1997) Regional unemployment disparities and their dynamics, Reg. Studies 31, 237-252. Unemployment in the United Kingdom has doubled every decade since the 1960s. Regional unemployment trends during this period are shown to have been characterized by a high degree of synchronicity, and regional unemployment disparities by a remarkable persistence. This persistence or stability of the regional unemployment structure – or what can be termed co-integration of the regional labour market system – is argued to be an equilibrium phenomenon. Although the unusual recession of the early 1990s appears to have disturbed this stable pattern of regional disparities, whether this change represents a temporary shock or marks a shift to a new equilibrium geography of unemployment is as yet unclear. MARTIN R. (1997) Les écarts du chômage régional et leur dynamique, Reg. Studies 31, 237-252. Au Royaume-Uni le chômage a doublétoutes les décennies depuis les années 60. Pendant cette période, ce qui caractérise les tendances du chômage régional c'est le taux de synchronisme, et ce qui caractérise les écarts du chômage régional c'est sa persistance remarquable. On affirme que cette persistance, ou stabilité, de la structure du chômage régional - à savoir, la cointégration du système du marché du travail régional - est un phénomène d'équilibre. Bien que la récession exceptionnelle du début des années 90 semble avoir perturbécette distribution des écarts régionaux stable, toujours est-il que jusqu'ici on ne sait pas très bien encore si, oui ou non, ce changement constitue un choc passager ou un mouvement vers une nouvelle géographie d'équilibre du chômage. MARTIN R. (1997) Regionale Erwerbslosigkeitsunterschiede und ihre Dynamik, Reg. Studies 31, 237-252. Seit 1960 hat die Erwerbslosigkeit im Vereinigten Königreich sich jedes Jahrzehnt verdoppelt. Es wird gezeigt, daß regionale Tendenzen der Erwerbslosigkeit sich in diesem Zeitraum als außerordentlich gleichartig erwiesen, und Unterschiede in regionaler Erwerbslosigkeit als außerordentlich hartnäckig. Dieses Fortbestehen, bz.w. die Stabilität der Struktur der regionalen Erwerbslosigkeit - was auch als Zusammenschluß des regionalen Arbeitsmarktsystem bezeichnet werden kann - wird als Gleichgewichtsphänomen aufgefaßt. Obschon der ungewöhnliche Konjunkturrückgang Anfang der neunziger Jahre dieses stabile Muster regionalen Ungleichheiten anscheinend durcheinander gebracht hat, ist noch nicht geklärt, ob dieser Wandel eine vorübergehende Erschütterung darstellt oder eine Umstellung auf eine neue Gleichgewichtsgeographie der Erwerbslosigkeit bedeutet.

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Volume (Year): 31 (1997)
Issue (Month): 3 (May)
Pages: 237-252
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