Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/245572 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14521
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper presents new evidence on the last concluded wave (2007-2013) of the EU cohesion policy. We depart from the broadly used GDP-growth approach and evaluate the impact of EU Structural Funds (SFs) on a battery of regional well-being indicators including economic, educational, health, and demographic outcomes. We exploit the SFs assignment rule to construct a fuzzy RDD. Our results reveal an overall null effect of the policy. We further identify how regional (i) quality of government (ii) human capital and (iii) urbanization impact the policy's effectiveness. We conclude that these characteristics affect the relationship between SFs and economic outcomes only.
Subjects: 
regional well-being
cohesion policy
Fuzzy RDD
JEL: 
C21
H51
H52
I31
R11
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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