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A Comparison of Alternative Measures of Unemployment

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  • A E Green

    (Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, England)

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Local unemployment rates are frequently used as economic and social indicators at the subregional scale. However, in the early 1990s there has been increasing debate amongst social scientists, economists, and planners about the scope, coverage, and usefulness of unemployment counts and rates. This paper is concerned with comparing and contrasting information available on unemployment from three main data sources—the Employment Department claimant count, the Census of Population, and the Labour Force Survey, lie main substantive focus is on a comparison of the census and claimant-based counts for different subgroups of the population (disaggregated by age and gender) at a range of spatial scales. Analyses reveal that in some cases there are substantial variations in unemployment counts and rates derived from different data sources. It is concluded that the most appropriate way forward would appear to involve the use of alternative parallel measures of unemployment, specifically tailored to the purpose in hand. This necessitates a greater understanding on the part of users of the strengths and weak-nesses of alternative sources, in order that the most appropriate measure is selected.

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  • A E Green, 1995. "A Comparison of Alternative Measures of Unemployment," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 27(4), pages 535-556, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:27:y:1995:i:4:p:535-556
    DOI: 10.1068/a270535
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    Cited by:

    1. David Armstrong, 1999. "Hidden Male Unemployment in Northern Ireland," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 33(6), pages 499-511.
    2. Edward A. Fieldhouse, 1999. "Ethnic Minority Unemployment and Spatial Mismatch: The Case of London," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 36(9), pages 1569-1596, August.
    3. Michael Anyadike-Danes, 2004. "The Real North-South Divide? Regional Gradients in UK Male Non-employment," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 38(1), pages 85-95.

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