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Do Balkan countries have a European Future ? An analysis of real economic convergence, 1989-2005

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  • Jalal El Ouardighi

    (BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Rabija Somun-Kapetanovic

    (UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO - UNIVERZITET U SARAJEVU)

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to assess the economic performance of Balkan countries compared to the European Union over the period 1989-2005. We use three economic indicators of income, productivity and employment. The analysis rests on the test of the real convergence process of these indicators. The results show evidence of real convergence (i.e., convergence hypothesis and reduction of inequalities) of labour productivity in Balkans, but they are mixed for income per capita and employment rate. The development gap between the Balkans and the European Union, which has widened considerably in the 1991-1993 period, shows a sign of recovery after this date. However, the gap remains very deep and the process of catching up with the European Union is too slow.

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  • Jalal El Ouardighi & Rabija Somun-Kapetanovic, 2005. "Do Balkan countries have a European Future ? An analysis of real economic convergence, 1989-2005," Post-Print hal-00279254, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-00279254
    DOI: 10.2478/v10033-007-0002-4
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    Cited by:

    1. E.Tsanana & C. Katrakilidis, 2016. "The issue of convergence: New empirical evidence for the Central Eastern Europe area," Applied Econometrics and International Development, Euro-American Association of Economic Development, vol. 16(1), pages 53-62.
    2. Eftychia Tsanana & Constantinos Katrakilidis, 2014. "Do Balkan economies catch up with EU? New evidence from panel unit root analysis," Empirica, Springer;Austrian Institute for Economic Research;Austrian Economic Association, vol. 41(4), pages 641-662, November.
    3. Siljak Dzenita, 2018. "Beta Convergence among Former Socialist Countries," South East European Journal of Economics and Business, Sciendo, vol. 13(2), pages 72-83, December.
    4. Sándor Gyula Nagy & Dzenita Siljak, 2019. "Economic convergence of the Western Balkans towards the EU-15," Revista Finanzas y Politica Economica, Universidad Católica de Colombia, vol. 11(1), pages 41-53, February.

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