EU Structural and Cohesion Funds in Spain and Portugal: Is Regional and National Inequality Increasing?

Gomis-Porqueras, Pere and Garcilazo, Enrique (2003): EU Structural and Cohesion Funds in Spain and Portugal: Is Regional and National Inequality Increasing?

Abstract

In this paper we empirically examine how different regions in Spain and Portugal have been affected by the structural and cohesion funds within the industrial and labor market context. In particular, this study addresses the following questions: (i) have these funds reduced economic disparities among and within the different regions of the Iberian Peninsula? and (ii) what sectors of the economy in the Iberian Peninsula have benefited the most?

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Structural and Cohesion Funds
• Subjects: E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E0 - General; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E0 - General > E02 - Institutions and the Macroeconomy

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