The employment is a main economic variable whose evolution has shown different dynamics within the European Union. Recent papers have recovered the significance of the sectoral factors in the explanation of the regional growth. In this sense, shift and share analysis has been considered an...

The relationship between income inequality and economic growth has been widely studied, leading to a controversial debate. Regarding the effect of economic growth on inequality, Kuznets’ inverted-U hypothesis (1955) suggests that inequality first rises with growth and then falls after a...

La principal prioridad de la Europa ampliada consiste en acercar las condiciones de vida de los nuevos miembros a las de los demás estados de la Unión. En este contexto se ha reconocido el potencial de las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación para el crecimiento económico, el...

Universities and higher education centres across Europe are undertaking reforms to construct the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). One of the EHEA priorities is to make transparent the relationship between university education and transferable skills. It follows in the development of a...

Regional information about gross domestic product or gross added value is usually available with annual frequency. However, higher-frequency data at regional level is not so frequently available. This type of information is essential in order to (i) monitor the economic situation and (ii)...