Exploring the recent upsurge in productivity disparities among European regions

Alicia Gómez‐Tello, María José Murgui‐García and María Teresa Sanchis‐Llopis

Growth and Change, 2020, vol. 51, issue 4, 1491-1516

Abstract: This paper analyses thse evolution of productivity disparities across 156 European regions in the period 2000–2015. Using regional data, a battery of inequality indexes enables us to assess the extent of regional disparities. After confirming that labour productivity is the main component of income disparities, a dynamic shift‐share analysis is carried out at a 10‐industry level of disaggregation. The study evaluates the relative role of the three components underlying the disparities in regional productivity: changes in the industry mix, and within‐ and between‐industry productivity gaps. The main results can be summarised as follows. First, regional disparities are on the rise again in the EU. Second, most regions are now closer to the average, while a small group of the richest regions are moving further away. Third, the main drivers of productivity disparities are within‐industry differences in labour productivity with regard to the richest regions and, less importantly, the specialisation of the richest regions in more progressive industries. Finally, the net effect of structural change is still making a positive contribution to convergence with the leading regions.

Date: 2020
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