Agglomeration and regional unemployment disparities a theoretical analysis with reference to the European Union
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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Frankfurt am Main
P. Lang
©2003, 2003
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| Series: | CeGE-Schriften
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| 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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| Item Description: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002 |
| Physical Description: | 229 pages illustrations, maps |
| ISBN: | 9783631517451 3631517459 |