The aim of this paper is to uncover early effects of EU regional policy on employment and GDP growth in the 2014-2020 budgetary cycle. EU regional policy distributes funds based on regions GDP per capita being below or above a certain threshold. This paper exploits two of these thresholds to uncover effects of EU regional policy with a Regression Discontinuity design. The estimated effect of the status of less developed region on average annual growth in the employment rate and GDP per capita (in PPS) is 1.4\\% and 2.1\\% respectively. No effects were found of the status of transition region on either growth in the employment rate or GDP.

Gielen, A.C.
hdl.handle.net/2105/46927
Business Economics
Erasmus School of Economics

Kriz, R.I. (2019, February 21). Short-term Effects of EU Regional Policy on Employment and GDP Growth in the 2014-2020 Budgetary Cycle. Business Economics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2105/46927