Konwergencja regionalna w regionach słabiej rozwiniętych Unii Europejskiej w latach 2001-2014
Regional convergence in less developed regions of the European Union between 2001-2014

Summary/Abstract: The subject of the paper is a regional convergence in less developed regions of the EU between 2001-2014. The aim of the paper is to present and evaluate the effects of betaconvergence and sigma-convergence. The study used descriptive statistics and correlation analysis. The research leads to the following conclusions: 1) beta-convergence has not occurred in all less developed regions, and its effects were varied; 2) on most cases betaconvergence was not accompanied with sigma-convergence; 3) economic growth fostered beta-convergence and sigma-divergence, while the economic and financial crisis fostered beta-divergence and sigma-convergence; 4) there is a strong relation between the initial level of GDP per head and the processes of regional convergence at the European level

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