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Publication Date/Time
2016-08-31T09:00:00+00:00
Unemployment trends in Berlin and London
Berlin and London belong to the most dynamic cities in Europe. Both
are capitals of two big European economies and both attract the most
active, innovative people and companies. Despite these similarities
the cities have a different status in their countries; London is a
super-city, which is driving the whole British economy while Berlin
has high political and cultural status, but does not belong to the
richest cities in Germany.

Unemployment trends in Germany, UK and EU
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This difference between cities can also be seen when the unemployment
trends for both countries and cities are compared. On the one hand the
Global Financial Crisis had for example a much higher impact on the
British and London labour market compared to the German labour market
while for Berlin only a small negative change was present in 2009. On
the other hand, a negative impact from the European debt crisis is not
clearly noticeable for these countries and cities as it mostly
concerns Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Spain and Cyprus.

Although the overall unemployment rate in Germany is lower than in the
UK, the unemployment rate in Berlin in the past 10 years was almost
twice as high as in London.

Unemployment trends in London and in Berlin, in %
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