Much research has been done showing that unemployment can cause crime, and that crime adversely impacts economic … find evidence for the possibility of a vicious cycle, with unemployment leading to higher crime rates and crime rates … raising unemployment. I further find that especially employment in low-skill service jobs is adversely affected by crime, that …

The inverse relationship between unemployment and Gross Domestic Product (GDP), commonly known as Okun?s law, has been … on unemployment is a particular feature of the Spanish economy. During the current economic downturn unemployment rate … unemployment rates from 20 percent of the labour force to levels slightly above the European average. The analysis of the …

same city. This local multiplier effect increases with the unemployment rate, as the labour market becomes more elastic … economic policy, as they suggest that cities with a high unemployment rate will be most successful at increasing local … jobs in the tradable sector can be especially effective in low growth regions with high unemployment because this will …

hiring of new employees rather than a decrease in separations, with direct flows out of unemployment constituting about half …