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Timetric: Regional Unemployment in the UK
4th March 2011
Has the recession brought about a fresh divergence in regional unemployment rates in the UK labour market? Why do some regions experience persistently higher levels of joblessness and is regional policy having any effect. The starting point is the data and this chart shows a selection of regional unemployment rates in the UK courtesy of Timetric. The chart below that provides data on another selection of regions.
Data from Timetric.
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United Kingdom from Timetric
Second chart on regional unemployment
Data from Timetric.
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United Kingdom from Timetric
Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.