26
Views
7
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

Role of mobility in evolution of disparities: European regions evidence

Pages 325-328 | Published online: 20 Aug 2006
 

Abstract

A decomposition of an inequality measure is proposed in order to compute the role of mobility in the evolution of disparities between European regions. Our results confirm that economic growth when integration process succeeds in the European Union have decreased inequality, narrowing gaps rather than moving low-income regions ahead of higher-income ones. Also, results have revealed the importance of studies about intradistributional movements when we pretend to analyse a regional growth process comparison, although it is not the more relevant factor in the evolution of inequality.

Acknowledgment

The author is grateful for helpful comments from E. López-Bazo.

Notes

1 Based on covariance properties of the Gini coefficient.

2 Ranks are used as estimators of the accumulative distribution. Lerman and Yitzaki (Citation1989) show a specific analysis for stratified samples.

3 Two new decompositions are used to solve the problem. Finally, both are averaged.

Log in via your institution

Log in to Taylor & Francis Online

PDF download + Online access

  • 48 hours access to article PDF & online version
  • Article PDF can be downloaded
  • Article PDF can be printed
USD 53.00 Add to cart

Issue Purchase

  • 30 days online access to complete issue
  • Article PDFs can be downloaded
  • Article PDFs can be printed
USD 205.00 Add to cart

* Local tax will be added as applicable

Related Research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.