Structural and Spatial Aspects of Regional Inequality in Spain

Donaghy, Kieran P.; Dall'Erba, Sandy

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Title

Structural and Spatial Aspects of Regional Inequality in Spain

Author(s)

• Donaghy, Kieran P.
• Dall'Erba, Sandy

Issue Date

2003

Keyword(s)

• European Union
• Spain
• Economic conditions
• Regional disparities

Abstract

In this paper we examine differences in Spain's regional economies and how these differences might be taken into account in designing policies to reduce regional inequality. Toward this end, we first set out a basic model of regional economic growth and develop time series corresponding to the theoretical variables of this model. We estimate from these series the model's parameters in the case of each of the regions of Spain to analyze structural differences in the nature of the economic growth processes at work. Making use of an pproximation employed in projection methods, we also compute spatial gradients of growth rates for the regions of Spain to examine how these rates are changing through time as one moves across space relative to a reference location.

Publisher

European Union Center

Series/Report Name or Number

Vol. 2, No. 2

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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• Copyright owned by Donaghy, Kieran
• Copyright owned by Dall'Erba, Sandy

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