This monograph aims to provide insights into the study of regional and local development in the context of the Slovak Republic. The first chapter defines a region as a system and describes tools for regional strategic planning and regional innovation policy. The second chapter discusses the...

This White Paper presents a series of policy recommendations based on the results of the numerous stakeholder engagement and participatory activities forming part of the RE-ACT process and framework for regional collaboration. This was promoted during 2020-2022 within the Erasmus+ Forward...

This paper aims to investigate regional convergence of income at the district level in Slovakia and answer whether Slovak districts converge or diverge over time and across different sectors of the Slovak economy. Our analyses are based on monthly income data on median wages and old-age pensions...

The primary objective of this study is to examine the relationship between economic characteristics and well-being as one of the components of quality of life. The study is based on microdata obtained from a representa¬tive EU-SILC 2013 survey covering the Slovak population age 16 and older....

The methodology used to determine the at-risk-of-poverty rate commonly applied in the European context is often criticised for arbitrary steps in its construction. This study questions the first step – the equivalence scale applied to transform the disposable income of households of different...