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23-10-2024 | Special Issue Paper

Evolution of the convergence in the European regions: 2000–2019

Authors: Àlex Costa, Vittorio Galletto, Jaume Garcia, Josep Lluís Raymond, Daniel Sanchez-Serra

Published in: The Annals of Regional Science | Issue 4/2024

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Abstract

This work contributes to the analysis of the sigma and beta convergence in European regions for the period 2000–2019. This analysis has been traditionally done using regional GDP per capita levels adjusted with national purchasing power parities (PPPs) and using the classical measures of beta and sigma convergence. The main contributions of this work are the use of regional PPPs to adjust regional GDP per capita figures and the definition of a new measure for the beta convergence. This new measure helps to overcome the paradox observed between sigma and beta convergence in the period 2008–2019.

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Appendix
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Footnotes
1
TL2 refers to the first administrative tier of sub-national government. For more information, please refer to https://​www.​oecd.​org/​cfe/​regionaldevelopm​ent/​territorial-grid.​pdf.​
 
2
The original database used by Costa et al. 2022 covered the years 2000–2018 for OECD countries, but by restricting the sample to Eurozone countries, it can be extended to 2019.
 
3
The list of rich and poor regions is available in Appendix 1.
 
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Metadata
Title
Evolution of the convergence in the European regions: 2000–2019
Authors
Àlex Costa
Vittorio Galletto
Jaume Garcia
Josep Lluís Raymond
Daniel Sanchez-Serra
Publication date
23-10-2024
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
The Annals of Regional Science / Issue 4/2024
Print ISSN: 0570-1864
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0592
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00168-024-01308-8