Regional Disparities in the Enlarged European Union: Geography, Innovation and Structural Change

ISBN-13: 9780367869465 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 190 str.

Valentina Meliciani

Opis

The last twenty years have seen an increase in European integration and the emergence of the technological revolution. Although tighter integration coupled with technological innovation should facilitate cross-regional convergence, some European regions have managed to jump ahead while others have been left behind. This book examines the regiona

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Regional Income Disparities: Theories and Facts 3. Classifying European regions on the basis of specialisation, knowledge and socio-economic groups 4. The evolution of income disparities in the enlarged EU and the role of specialization, knowledge and socio-economic groups 5. The evolution of regional disparities in labour productivity and employment rates in the EU: the role of specialization, knowledge and socio-economic groups 6. A closer look at the evolution of regional disparities in Central and Eastern Europe after the transition 7. Conclusions

O autorze

Valentina Meliciani is Full Professor of Economics at the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Teramo, Italy.