Unemployment Clusters Across European Regions and Countries

Henry Overman and Diego Puga

No 2255, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research

Abstract: European regions have experienced a polarisation of their unemployment rates between 1986 and 1996, as regions with intermediate rates have moved towards either extreme. This process has been driven by changes in regional employment, only partly offset by labour force changes. Regions' outcomes have closely followed those of neighbouring regions. This is only weakly explained by regions being part of the same Member State, having a similar skill composition, or broad sectoral specialisation. Even more surprisingly, foreign neighbours matter as much as domestic neighbours. All of this suggests a reorganisation of economic activities with increasing disregard for national borders.

Keywords: Distribution Dynamics; European Regions; Unemployment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 F15 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999-10
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