investment. Peripheral areas are characterized by features such as: high unemployment, relatively impoverished populations, and … measuring the level of tourism development), - unemployment rate, - population of the biggest settlement node. The second stage …

data for NUTS 2 regions for disposable income, unemployment rates, incidence of households with low work intensity, and … between-country variations. Evidence shows that convergence occurs mostly at country level, and, except for unemployment rates …

youth unemployment in Europe? Economic theory predicts that in the absence of perfectly competitive labour markets, changes … in the relative size of age groups will cause changes in age-specific unemployment rates. In light of the expected … self-select into areas of low unemployment, the empirical analysis employs an instrumental variables estimator to identify …

youth unemployment in Europe? Economic theory predicts that in the absence of perfectly competitive labour markets, changes … in the relative size of age groups will cause changes in age-specific unemployment rates. In light of the expected … areas of low unemployment, the empirical analysis employs an instrumental variables estimator to identify the causal effect …