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Spurring Growth in Lagging Regions in Slovak Republic

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  • Lilas Demmou

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  • Martin Haluš
  • Gabriel Machlica
  • Robert Menkyna

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Regional inequality in Slovakia is among the highest in the OECD and is increasing. The main reason for regional disparity is the combination of low economic growth and job creation in the eastern and central part of the country and insufficient labour mobility to the west, in particular by low-skilled workers. As a result, jobs shortage and lack of technological capacities in the central and eastern regions persist alongside skills shortages in the Bratislava regions. Boosting convergence requires a multi-pronged approach involving innovation, labour market and educational policies. Completing the transport infrastructure network in Slovakia will be both important for removing expansion bottlenecks in the Bratislava region and reducing obstacles for job creation in the central and eastern regions. Stimuler la croissance dans les régions les moins dynamiques en République Slovaque Les inégalités entre régions slovaques figurent parmi les plus fortes de la zone OCDE et s'accentuent. Ces disparités régionales s'expliquent principalement par la conjonction d'une croissance économique atone, de faibles créations d'emplois dans l'est et le centre du pays et d'une mobilité insuffisante de la main-d'oeuvre vers l'ouest, en particulier pour les travailleurs peu qualifiés. En conséquence, une pénurie d'emplois et un manque de capacités technologiques perdurent dans les régions du centre et de l'est, parallèlement à des pénuries de qualifications dans la région de Bratislava. Le renforcement de la convergence entre régions passe par une approche pluridimensionnelle, axée sur l'innovation, le marché du travail et les politiques d'éducation. Il importe de compléter le réseau d'infrastructures de transport en Slovaquie à la fois pour supprimer les goulets d'étranglement qui limitent l'expansion économique dans la région de Bratislava, et pour réduire les obstacles à la création d'emplois dans les régions du centre et de l'est.

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  • Lilas Demmou & Martin Haluš & Gabriel Machlica & Robert Menkyna, 2015. "Spurring Growth in Lagging Regions in Slovak Republic," OECD Economics Department Working Papers 1211, OECD Publishing.
  • Handle: RePEc:oec:ecoaaa:1211-en
    DOI: 10.1787/5js1pzv05lkd-en
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    Keywords

    active labour market policies; chômage; education; employment services; enseignement et formation professionnelle; EU funds; fonds Européens; formation; formation continue; infrastructures de transport; innovation; inégalité; life-long learning; politiques actives du marché du travail; population Rome; regional inequality; Roma; service public de l’emploi; transport infrastructure; unemployment; VET; éducation;
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    JEL classification:

    • I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education
    • I3 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
    • O3 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights
    • R3 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location
    • R4 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics

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