RESEARCH FOR REGI COMMITTEE – Indicators in Cohesion Policy
Study
15-05-2017
GDP per capita is the sole criterion for identifying specific conditions of eligibility to the benefit of the structural funds. This criterion does not reveal really the well-being of local people. This study examines alternative measures, like final consumption expenses or a more sophisticated synthetic index, and their impact on the eligibility of the regions. The impact of the UK Referendum is examined, either using the present criterion or the alternative ones.
Study
External author
Christian VANDERMOTTEN and Gilles VAN HAMME
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Publication type
Policy area
Keyword
- Cohesion Fund
- consumption
- consumption expenditure
- economic and social cohesion
- economic geography
- ECONOMICS
- equal treatment
- EU finance
- EU Member State
- European construction
- European Structural and Investment Funds
- EUROPEAN UNION
- FINANCE
- financing and investment
- GEOGRAPHY
- gross domestic product
- investment
- LAW
- national accounts
- public finance and budget policy
- regional finances
- rights and freedoms
- TRADE