A New Look to Convergence in Spain

A Spatial Econometric Approach

Bibliographic Data

ID12316784
AuthorsJosé Villaverde Castro (0000-0002-5393-091X, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain,, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume13
Issue2
Pages131-141
Publication date2006-04-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Urban and Regional Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0969-7764 • E-ISSN: 1461-7145
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0969776406062556
OpenAlexW2046710402
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited11

This article examines the process of provincial convergence which has taken place in Spain between 1985 and 2002. Focusing on labour productivity, it estimates the so-called ‘classical’ models of convergence, concluding that, contrary to what has been suggested by previous work, convergence has not stagnated. After stressing the limitations of this type of approach, the article attempts to overcome them, by, on the one hand, estimating the density function and the degree of internal mobility in the provincial productivity distribution; and on the other hand, by considering the influence of possible spatial effects on the aforementioned distribution. The conclusion arrived at is threefold: we confirm the existence of provincial convergence of productivity; we reveal the low level of intradistributional mobility; and we do indeed find spatial effects, although they do not seem to be too relevant for the convergence process

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