Shift-share analysis is a decomposition technique widely used in regional studies to quantify an industry-mix effect … and a competitive effect on the growth of regional employment (or any other relevant variable) relative to the national …

Regional income disparities have increased in many European countries recently, even as national and supra … as migration are at the core of differential regional growth. In this framework, we assess the effectiveness of … of structural funds towards human capital formation. -- two-region economy ; structural change ; migration ; regional …

Numerous studies have focused on the role of EU regional policy in fostering growth and convergence among European … regional growth models more serious, and second, a likewise careful account of the role of spatial dependence in the underlying … data is needed. Though research has increasingly become aware of the latter point as important control factor for regional …