The present study assesses recent changes (2000-2012) in the spatial distribution of per-capita income in the Greek prefectures with the objective to test the role of the economic crisis in shaping regional disparities in the country. An exploratory approach incorporating descriptive statistics, multivariate techniques and spatial analysis was used to investigate specific development paths for homogeneous groups of regions. To discuss the impact of recession on the increasingly complex geography of economic development in Greece, this approach has been preferred to more traditional procedures based on convergence analysis in income level and changes over time. Our results outline a period with generalized economic growth between 2000 and 2008 reflected in the consolidated territorial disparities between more accessible urban regions and economically-disadvantaged rural regions. With economic stagnation (2009-2012) an asymmetric distribution of regional income has been observed, although with moderate disparities among prefectures. Spatial dynamics in per-capita income indicate that lower-income regions are less sensitive to short-term shocks and seem to respond better to the current recession (i.e. with a moderate decrease or even with a slight increase of per-capita income). These evidence partly contrast with recent literature indicating how dynamic and affluent regions (metropolitan zones, manufacture districts and tourism-specialized areas) resulted to be less exposed to external shocks than disadvantaged regions
Lo studio valuta le modifiche recenti (2000-2012) nella distribuzione spaziale del reddito pro capite nelle prefetture greche con l'obiettivo di verificare il ruolo della crisi economica nel plasmare le disparità regionali nel paese, utilizzando un approccio esplorativo che incorpora statistiche descrittive, tecniche multivariate e analisi. I nostri risultati delineano un periodo di crescita economica generalizzata tra il 2000 e il 2008, con un accentuato grado di disparità territoriale tra le regioni urbane più accessibili e sviluppate e le regioni rurali economicamente svantaggiate. Nella fase di stagnazione economica (2009-2012) si osserva una distribuzione asimmetrica del reddito regionale, anche se con moderate differenze tra le diverse prefetture. La dinamica spaziale del reddito pro capite sembra indicare che le regioni caratterizzate da minori livelli di reddito pro capite siano meno sensibili agli shock a breve termine e rispondano meglio alla recessione (vale a dire con una diminuzione moderata o addirittura con un lieve incremento del reddito pro capite).
Effetti della recessione: un'analisi dei divari territoriali del reddito pro capite in Grecia / Salvati, Luca; Carlucci, Margherita; Venanzoni, Giuseppe. - In: RIVISTA ITALIANA DI ECONOMIA, DEMOGRAFIA E STATISTICA. - ISSN 0035-6832. - STAMPA. - 69:3(2015), pp. 27-38.
Effetti della recessione: un'analisi dei divari territoriali del reddito pro capite in Grecia
Salvati, Luca;CARLUCCI, Margherita;VENANZONI, Giuseppe
2015
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The present study assesses recent changes (2000-2012) in the spatial distribution of per-capita income in the Greek prefectures with the objective to test the role of the economic crisis in shaping regional disparities in the country. An exploratory approach incorporating descriptive statistics, multivariate techniques and spatial analysis was used to investigate specific development paths for homogeneous groups of regions. To discuss the impact of recession on the increasingly complex geography of economic development in Greece, this approach has been preferred to more traditional procedures based on convergence analysis in income level and changes over time. Our results outline a period with generalized economic growth between 2000 and 2008 reflected in the consolidated territorial disparities between more accessible urban regions and economically-disadvantaged rural regions. With economic stagnation (2009-2012) an asymmetric distribution of regional income has been observed, although with moderate disparities among prefectures. Spatial dynamics in per-capita income indicate that lower-income regions are less sensitive to short-term shocks and seem to respond better to the current recession (i.e. with a moderate decrease or even with a slight increase of per-capita income). These evidence partly contrast with recent literature indicating how dynamic and affluent regions (metropolitan zones, manufacture districts and tourism-specialized areas) resulted to be less exposed to external shocks than disadvantaged regionsFile | Dimensione | Formato | |
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