A profile of UK unemployment: Regional versus demographic influences

Regional Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 351-366

  Brown, Sarah ^a   Sessions, John G ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Regional disparities; Unemployment duration; Unemployment incidence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; GEOGRAPHY; MACROECONOMIC FACTORS; METHODOLOGY; NORTHERN EUROPE; POPULATION; PROBABILITY; RESEARCH; STATISTICAL STUDIES; STATISTICS; STUDIES; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT--DETERMINANTS; UNITED KINGDOM;

DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; MACROECONOMIC FACTORS; NORTHERN EUROPE; POPULATION; PROBABILITY; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL STUDIES; STUDIES; UNEMPLOYMENT--DETERMINANTS; UNITED KINGDOM;

DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; GREAT BRITAIN; POPULATION; PROBABILITY; RESEARCH; STATISTICS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0031151626     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343409750132964     Document Type: Article

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