Crisis y empleo en las ciudades Españolas

Abstract

This paper discusses the uneven impacts that the crisis is generating in the em­ployment in Spanish cities and the consequential territorial effects. After an initial introduc­tory section, the article focuses on the analysis of the evolution of employment in the pre-crisis period, since it began. Then the study analyzes the evolutionary behavior of the main activity sectors, differentiating two stages between the years 2006-2009 and 2009-2012. Afterwards, the focus is placed on the construction sector—which is partly responsible for the crisis—and on those service activities that have been hit the hardest by the country’s austerity policies. Lastly, urban employment rates are analyzed relating them to those of all Spain and a classi­fication of cities is proposed, along with final conclusions and reflections.