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Regional Income Differentials and the Issue of Regional Equalisation in Ireland

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  • Gerry Boyle

    (Department of Economics, NUI, Maynooth, Co.Kildare.)

  • Tom McCarthy

    (Department of Economics, NUI,Maynooth.)

  • Jim Walsh

    (Geography Department, NUI Maynooth.)

Abstract

The paper explores the topical issue of regional income equalisation using a variety of data sources on both output and incomes in order to determine the degree of convergence at the level of the eight regional uthorities. The inter-regional variations in economic welfare are decomposed into a number of components relating to participation, employment, dependency and productivity.

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  • Gerry Boyle & Tom McCarthy & Jim Walsh, 1999. "Regional Income Differentials and the Issue of Regional Equalisation in Ireland," Economics Department Working Paper Series n880499, Department of Economics, National University of Ireland - Maynooth.
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    Keywords

    income equalisation; convergence; agglomeration.;
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    JEL classification:

    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)
    • R50 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - General
    • R58 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Regional Development Planning and Policy

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