Regional inequalities: causes and cures
Copyright policy )Regional inequalities: causes and cures
Abstract Significant regional inequalities of income and wealth exist in every Western European country and in North America, but their extent varies from country to country. In both Europe and the US, it is generally thought that they tended to narrow from the early 1900s until about 1980, since when they have widened. This widening has become associated with the rise of populism, while the Covid-19 crisis has thrown regional disadvantage into sharp relief. This article discusses measurement issues, traces developments over time, and explores the social and economic consequences of regional disparities. It describes the evolution of regional policy, and in particular the move to more localized approaches in Europe, analysing their strengths and weaknesses.
- University of Oxford United Kingdom
- Maastricht University Netherlands
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economic shocks, agglomerations, regional policies, Development, Real Estate, Regional Development Planning and Policy, r28 - Urban, labour markets, r11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Urban, Environmental Issues, Rural, r58 - Regional Development Planning and Policy, regional inequalities, and Transportation Economics: Government Policy, and Changes, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics", r10 - General Regional Economics (includes Regional Data), structural shocks, r12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity, Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity, Regional, Regional Economic Activity: Growth, r23 - "Urban, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics, General Regional Economics (includes Regional Data)
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