Effectiveness of EU Regional Policy: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Finland
European Union regional policy is implemented through structural funds, such as the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), which support investment in peripheral regions of the EU. We studied the effects of EU regional policy on key economic variables using a rare natural experiment setting. In...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:b9fe5d909fad41adad0f31df8f73274f 2023-05-15T17:42:26+02:00 Effectiveness of EU Regional Policy: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Finland Ville Vehkasalo 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.18335/region.v5i3.195 https://doaj.org/article/b9fe5d909fad41adad0f31df8f73274f EN eng ERSA https://openjournals.wu-wien.ac.at/ojs/index.php/region/article/view/195 https://doaj.org/toc/2409-5370 2409-5370 doi:10.18335/region.v5i3.195 https://doaj.org/article/b9fe5d909fad41adad0f31df8f73274f REGION, Vol 5, Iss 3, Pp 1-19 (2018) Regional policy Policy analysis Microeconometrics Science (General) Q1-390 Social sciences (General) H1-99 article 2018 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.18335/region.v5i3.195 2022-12-30T23:03:18Z European Union regional policy is implemented through structural funds, such as the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), which support investment in peripheral regions of the EU. We studied the effects of EU regional policy on key economic variables using a rare natural experiment setting. In 2007, parts of regions that were previously covered by the ERDF programme for Western Finland were reallocated to the ERDF programme for Northern Finland, with higher support intensity per capita. This area reallocation was caused by the newly adopted EU legislation regulating the classification of regional statistical areas. With a detailed postal code area dataset and a difference-in-differences estimator, we discovered desirable regional policy effects on unemployment and the number of jobs. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Finland Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles REGION 5 3 1 19 |
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European Union regional policy is implemented through structural funds, such as the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), which support investment in peripheral regions of the EU. We studied the effects of EU regional policy on key economic variables using a rare natural experiment setting. In 2007, parts of regions that were previously covered by the ERDF programme for Western Finland were reallocated to the ERDF programme for Northern Finland, with higher support intensity per capita. This area reallocation was caused by the newly adopted EU legislation regulating the classification of regional statistical areas. With a detailed postal code area dataset and a difference-in-differences estimator, we discovered desirable regional policy effects on unemployment and the number of jobs. |
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