O'LEARY E. (1999) Regional income estimates for Ireland, 1995, Reg. Studies 33 , 805-814. In Ireland since the mid-1980s a sizeable gap has emerged between gross domestic product (GDP) and gross national product (GNP), which by 1995 stood at 15%. This gap is unique among EU countries. It is...

Using a consistent data set, this paper presents evidence, for the first time, on the degree of convergence of living standards among Irish planning regions between 1960 and 1996. The basic decomposition of living standards into productivity and demographic factors is extended to include the...