OK, so reunification of Germany started in 1990. How long does it take the East to get its act together? 16%???? And this is after the Hartz V reforms. I wish there was a chart showing long term unemployment rates between the West and the East.
Long-term unemployment (defined as being unemployed one year or longer) is at 38.8% of all unemployed persons in West Germany, according to the Statistisches Bundesamt. Eastern Germany has 41%, so it's not a big difference after all.
Long-term unemployment (defined as being unemployed one year or longer) is at 38.8% of all unemployed persons in West Germany, according to the Statistisches Bundesamt. Eastern Germany has 41%, so it's not a big difference after all.
ReplyDeleteYou can look up the figures at this page:
http://www.destatis.de/jetspeed/portal/cms/Sites/destatis/Internet/DE/Navigation/Statistiken/Arbeitsmarkt/ArbeitsmarktdatenBA/ArbeitsmarktdatenBA.psml
danke!
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