COMMUTER FLOWS AND REGIONAL CONVERGENCE IN POLAND Cover Image

DOJAZDY DO PRACY A KONWERGENCJA REGIONALNA W POLSCE
COMMUTER FLOWS AND REGIONAL CONVERGENCE IN POLAND

Author(s): Piotr Wójcik
Subject(s): Economy, National Economy, Methodology and research technology
Published by: Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie
Keywords: regional convergence; commuter flows; corrected GDP per capita; distribution dynamics; transition matrices; kernel density estimation;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is the analysis of diversification of regional GDP per capita and regional convergence in Poland on NUTS 3 level in 2000-2013 after correcting for commuter flows. We use the data on commuter flows between Polish municipalities. Production generated by commuters is attributed to their place of living instead of employment. Beta and sigma convergence analysis was used together with approaches allowing for the analysis of the whole distribution dynamics (transition matrices and kernel density estimation). Correction of the data did not change the conclusions about convergence.

  • Issue Year: XVII/2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 160-171
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish