Regional Income Convergence in Portugal (1991–2002)

Gertrudes Guerreiro ()

A chapter in Economic Well-Being and Inequality: Papers from the Fifth ECINEQ Meeting, 2014, vol. 22, pp 351-381 from Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Abstract: Does the standard of living vary from region to region in Portugal and are spatial units in Portugal converging in income? We observe spatial error dependence between municipalities and estimate spatial econometric models to test convergence. For conditional convergence we conclude that primary sector employment, activity rate, and percentage of active population with higher education are important to distinguish the “steady state” of the regional economies, reflecting the labor market at regional level.

Keywords: Income distribution; regional inequality; regional convergence; spatial econometrics; C21; E25; R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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Working Paper: Regional Income Convergence in Portugal (1991-2002) (2012)
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DOI: 10.1108/S1049-258520140000022011

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