SECTORAL PRODUCTIVITY, CONVERGENCE AND SPACE BETWEEN EUROPEAN REGIONS

Nicola Pontarollo

Journal of Smart Economic Growth, 2016, vol. 1, issue 1, 1-27

Abstract: The aim of our analysis is the evaluation of the total and sectoral convergence of labour productivity between 896 NUTS-3 regions of EU-12 over the period 1980-2010. We adopt a β- and σ-convergence approach along with a methodology based on Getis’ spatial filters that allows decomposing the variables into their spatial and a-spatial components ensuring their spatial independence. This guarantees reliable regression results and unbiased variance estimation. The estimates highlight a process σ- and β-convergence of regional economies in which spatial interrelations among regions play an important role.

Keywords: Spatial econometrics; convergence; sectoral labour productivity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C14 O52 R11 R15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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