Education Policy and Regional Convergence in the European Union

Aikaterini Kokkinou (), George M. Korres (), Efstratios Papanis () and Panagiotis Giavrimis ()
Additional contact information
George M. Korres: University of Newcastle
Efstratios Papanis: University of the Aegean
Panagiotis Giavrimis: University of the Aegean

Chapter Chapter 8 in European Socio-Economic Integration, 2013, pp 113-128 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In the past three decades, important changes in the pattern of economic growth and productivity have been interpreted as a movement towards knowledge-based economy. Currently, output and employment are expanding fast in high-technology industries, as well as in knowledge-based services. More resources are spent on the production and development of new technologies, in particular on information and communication technology. At the same time, major shifts are taking place in the labour market, in particular, the increased demand for skilled labour. Globalisation and worldwide competition has shifted the comparative advantage of economies towards the factor of knowledge and innovation, where productivity based on the endogenous development capabilities plays a rather important role, as far as growth and competitiveness enhancement are concerned.

Keywords: Cohesion Policy; Endogenous Growth Theory; Regional Competitiveness; Lisbon Agenda; Economic Dynamism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:innchp:978-1-4614-5254-6_8

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.springer.com/9781461452546

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-5254-6_8

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management from Springer
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().