While unemployment rates in Europe declined after the global financial crisis until 2018/19, the incidence of long …-term unemployment, the share of people who have been unemployed for more than one year to the total unemployed, remained high. Moreover …, the COVID-19 pandemic could aggravate the long-term unemployment. This paper explores factors associated with long …

United States prevents any persistence in relative regional unemployment rates whereas the lack of mobility in Europe results … in persistent unemployment rate differentials across British regions and European nations. Europe must therefore adopt … measures to reduce barriers to immobility if it is to succeed in moderating the persistence in relative unemployment rates …