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Health Inequalities Across The European Union Regions: A Beta-Convergence Approach

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Jaworska R.

Comparative Economic Research. Central and Eastern Europe

2014

vol. 17

issue 4

71-86

The European Union is currently facing a serious problem concerning the occurrence of significant health inequalities observed between particular member states as well as within these states. Substantial efforts are being made to achieve an economic and social cohesion and the reduction of health inequalities between the EU regions is an important element of this process. This work is devoted to the study of the variations of health status (measured by life expectancy) across the EU regions of NUTS II level. We apply existing tools developed in economic growth literature to study a mortality convergence. Using the idea of unconditional convergence model developed for economic growth, we can confirm a decrease or increase of regional health inequalities. The main research hypothesis is as follows: whether regions with lower initial life expectancies have experienced the largest increases in life expectancies. To verify the hypothesis of beta-convergence we use spatial econometric models which additionally allow to take the geographic dependence among the surveyed regions into consideration. Due to the heterogeneity of the surveyed spatial units we also verify the hypothesis of the club beta-convergence.

Is the division of Western and Eastern Poland still valid? The evolution of regional convergence in Poland

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Misiak T.

Economics and Business Review

2022

vol. 8

issue 2

145-169

The primary aim of the paper is the empirical vericfiation of the hypothesis on the convergence of real GDP per capita of the regions (NUTS-2) in Poland and the catch-up eefct of Eastern towards Western Poland. The empirical study is based on a relatively new analytical approach of Phillips and Sul convergence tests which consider signicfiant diefrences in technological advancement between regions. The results show that the convergence hypothesis was rejected in the group of all regions of Poland and the group of Western Poland regions. Convergence was conrfimed in the group of Eastern Poland regions. The strict catch-up eefct of the Eastern towards the Western Poland regions was not observed. Nevertheless, thirteen of seventeen regions of Poland were characterised by convergence but within distinct convergence clubs. The identicfiation of convergence clubs, however, was not determined by a sharp EastWest Poland dividing line.

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Health Inequalities Across The European Union Regions: A Beta-Convergence Approach

Is the division of Western and Eastern Poland still valid? The evolution of regional convergence in Poland