Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/20800 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 1501
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Regional unemployment rates in Great Britain have narrowed dramatically in recent years. However, significant differences still remain in terms of both employment and economic inactivity rates, which may now better reflect relative labour market performance. This paper examines these differences in labour market outcomes using a unified empirical framework that decomposes regional differences in employment, economic inactivity and unemployment into components due to either structural or composition effects. The analysis highlights the important role that ill health and structural deficits currently play in accounting for regional differences in both employment and economic inactivity rates.
Subjects: 
regions
employment
unemployment
inactivity
JEL: 
J21
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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