The more the merrier? Migration and convergence among European regions

Abstract

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Broadband's relationship to rural housing values

“…To address this spatial interplay we adopt a methodology originally suggested by Kelejian and Prucha (, ), refined by Drukker, Egger, and Prucha () and Yang and Lee (), and applied by Jeanty, Partridge, and Irwin () in a study of migration and housing values, Fischer and Pfaffermayr () to explore migration and regional income convergence across Europe, and Delgado‐García, de Quevedo‐Puente, and Blanco‐Mazagatos () to study how the reputation of Spanish cities influence economic performance. Modified versions of the method have been adopted by Wu and Gopinath () in a study of spatial disparities in rural US economic development, as well as Cochrane, Grimes, and McCann, P.,& Poot, J.…”

Place-Based Policies and Spatial Disparities across European Cities

“…But in contrast to the United States where mobility rates have been falling, the EU trend is less clear, and mobility may have been increasing (EU Commission 2018). Fischer and Pfaffermayr (2018) suggests that labor mobility plays a small role in reducing EU disparities in percapita GDP. Unfortunately, this increased mobility took place against a background of increasing concentration of economic activity and sorting of the high skilled toward big cities.…”

Migration’s inability to alleviate regional disparities: the grass is still greener on the other side of the fence

“…On regional income growth rates, Barro and Sala-i Martin (1992) in one of the most-cited contributions on this topic, conclude that 'we showed that exogenous changes in migration seem to be unimportant in explaining the process of interregional convergence' (p. 28). Fischer and Pfaffermayr (2017), though, find accelerated -convergence across European NUTS 2 regions through migration. Looking again at regions within particular countries, Fratesi and Riggi (2007) find that similar to unemployment, migration increases disparities regarding income per capita in Italian regions.…”