Regional mobility in the European Union

Pedro Pascual , Manuel Rapún , Roberto Ezcurra

This paper examines regional mobility in the spatial distribution of per capita in- come in the European Union over the period 1977-1999. The methodology used to investigate this issue combines a series of measures taken from the literature devoted to the dynamic study of personal income distribution with a non-parametric analysis. The results show limited mobility in the distribution considered, and a decline in mobility over time. The empirical evidence presented indicates, moreover, that mobility patterns vary as a function of regional development levels. Additionally, the analysis carried out investigates the role played in explaining intra-distribution mobility by variables such as per capita income, population density, per capita expenditure in investment, market potential, and the share in total employment of agriculture, advanced services and non-market services.

Mots clés: Social Sciences & Humanities

Pedro Pascual, Manuel Rapún, Roberto Ezcurra. Regional mobility in the European Union. Applied Economics, 2006, 38 (19), pp.2237-2253. ⟨10.1080/00036840500427494⟩. ⟨hal-00581902⟩