Important research by @valentin_lang, @niredeker & @DanBischof: Cohesion Funds help reduce inequality across regions but exacerbate inequality within regions. We need a reform of the EU Cohesion Policy! More direct (people-based) support such as an EU Unemployment Benefit Scheme.
RT @valentin_lang: ***New Working Paper***
Place-Based Policies and Inequality within Regions
(with: @niredeker @DanBischof)
#EU #CohesionPolicy #Inequality
Here are our main takeaways…
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/repasi/status/1645724148969218050
On @EURACTIV you can find an article by @SilviEllena about this study: https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/holdcohesion-funds-increase-inequality-within-eu-regions-study-finds
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/repasi/status/1645725174744981508
Here is a link to the full text of the study: https://osf.io/2xmzj/
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/repasi/status/1645725177551155200
As a reminder a @CEPS_thinktank study from 2017 on the economic, political and legal feasibility of a European Unemployment Benefit Scheme (with a contribution of mine on the legal feasibility within the EU cohesion policy framework): https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=738&langId=en&pubId=7959
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/repasi/status/1645725179551576064