This paper estimates the impact of public investment on regional economic growth and convergence at the NUTS III level … capita on regional economic growth – but not on convergence – which also generates considerable spillover effects. However …

studies finding little regional convergence since 1985, social cohesion has been virtually ignored. This article tries to … cover this gap by asking the question of whether regional convergence in social welfare, measured by Amartya Sen’s welfare … find that the absence of convergence in GDP per capita is not matched in terms of social welfare. Welfare levels have …

-fertility regime. Visually, the two peaks moved closer together. For the low fertility-group we find both ?- and ?- convergence but we … cannot establish any convergence pattern for the high fertility regime. Overall our findings are difficult to reconcile with …

-fertility regime. Visually, the two peaks moved closer together. For the low fertility-group we find both beta- and sigma- convergence … but we cannot establish any convergence pattern for the high fertility regime. Overall our findings are difficult to …