Technology, growth and unemployment across European regions

Regional Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 457-466

  Fagerberg, Jan ^a   Verspagen, Bart ^b   Caniëls, Marjolein ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNU MERIT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Convergence; Economic growth; European regions; Innovation; R D; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPLOYMENT GROWTH; GDP; REGIONAL ECONOMY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 0031461354     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343409750132252     Document Type: Article

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