Fill in the Blanks 212-testOnline version 212-test by Farhad Key 1 recession specific growth replaced structural arises located occupations downswings on traditional One cause of unemployment may be in the trade cycle , ie . periods of . Another explanation of wide - scale unemployment refers to employment . Structural unemployment from longer - term changes in the economy , affecting industries , regions and . Structural unemployment often explains regional unemployment . Some regions of the UK such as Central Scotland , and the North - West have higher rates of unemployment because the heavy industries which there have gone into decline as they are by cheaper imports from abroad . The new high - tech industries based new technologies tend to be based in the South - East and along particular corridors .