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Convergence of the Standard of Living in Polish NUTS 2 Regions
Mieczysław Kowerski
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2147-2037Jarosław Bielak
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8537-8624Abstract
The authors of the article made an attempt to verify the hypothesis that in 2006–2016 in Poland there was convergence of the standard of living of residents of voivodships (NUTS 2 regions). The values of the measure of the standard of living calculated by the authors by dynamic development pattern method were used to assess the standard of living in the analyzed period. Beta-convergence was verified by cross-section absolute and conditional spatial models of convergence of SAR and SARAR types. Sigma-convergence was verified by measures of dispersion and concentration of the standard of living in 2006–2016. The calculations made point to occurrence of beta- and sigma-convergence of the standard of living in Polish voivodships. However, the estimated values of index of convergence and yearly average rate of convergence of the standard of living seem to be quite high; in fact, much higher than expected. It may be a consequence of clustering phenomenon, which we probably observed.
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standard of living, convergence models, NUTS 2 regions in Poland (voivodships)Most read articles by the same author(s)
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