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Regional perspectives and distributional effects of European regional policies

Bonfiglio, Andrea; Esposti, Roberto; Pagliacci, Francesco; … - 2014

A major objective of this study is to analyse the evolutionary patterns of regional linkages and disparities across the EU space, especially those related to rural and peripheral/remote regions. In particular, this report assesses the economy-wide effects, in terms of GDP and employment,...

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Poverty convergence in a time of stagnation : a municipal-level perspective from Mexico (1992–2014)

López-Calva, Luis F.; Ortiz-Juarez, Eduardo; … - 2019

This paper exploits a novel municipal-level data set to explore patterns of convergence in income and poverty in Mexico … evidence of income and poverty convergence at the municipal level. The findings suggest that these convergence processes stem …

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Productivity convergence is anyone catching up?

Kindberg-Hanlon, Gene; Okou, Cedric - 2020

percent. Average productivity growth in EMDEs has picked up rapidly since 2000, renewing interest in the convergence … rate of convergence remains low, with current growth differentials halving the productivity gap only after over 100 years …. Behind the low average pace of convergence lies considerable diversity among groups of countries converging toward different …

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Latin American growth : a trade perspective

Torre, Augusto de la; Ize, Alain - 2019

This paper reviews the determinants of Latin America's uneven growth based on an accounting decomposition that breaks down countries' growth (relative to the world) into three trade-related channels: (i) an export pull measuring the traction exerted by the country's exports, (ii) an external...

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Inclusive Economic Growth in America's Cities : What's the Playbook and the Score?

Briggs, Xavier de Souza - 2015

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Economic growth in European Union NUTS-3 regions

Kilroy, Austin; Ganau, Roberto - 2020

This paper analyzes the growth pathways of 1,321 regions in the European Union from 2003 to 2017. The aim is to inform integrated territorial investments and other economic development initiatives in lagging regions. Using the definition of lagging regions from the European Commission's Catching...

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Drivers of the change in social welfare

Luptáčik, Mikuláš; Nežinský, Eduard; Lábaj, Martin - 2015

Recent developments in the political, scientific and economic debate on the topic of the project proposal in Area 2: "The impact of ecological sustainability on growth and employment is investigated, as it will have important repercussions on econonmic policy and welfare, many of them not...

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Determining the impact of cultural diversity on regional economies in Europe

Dohse, Dirk; Gold, Robert - 2014

In recent decades, the ethnic composition of the European population has changed substantially, leading to a rapid increase of cultural diversity in the EU as a whole, at the level of individual member states, and at the regional level. This paper focusses on the regional level and investigates...

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City networks and the socio-ecological transition : a European inventory

Labaeye, Adrien; Sauer, Thomas - 2013

Area 5 focuses on the regional and local dimensions of the new European path to socio-ecological transition. Its central assumption is that any strategy developed to enhance a socio-ecological transition is unlikely to yield strong results unless the resources of regional and local actors are...

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Regulatory push-pull effects on innovation : an evaluation of the effects of the REACH regulation on patents in the chemical sector

Ghisetti, Claudia; Quatraro, Francesco - 2015

The Europe 2020 Strategy has identified the key goal of smart, more inclusive and sustainable growth. In this direction, redirecting firms' innovation activities towards ecological targets without hampering their competitiveness is of paramount importance. The double externality issue related to...

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