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SUMMARY:The return of regional inequality: Europe from 1900 to today - Nik
 olaus Wolf (Humboldt University Berlin)
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DESCRIPTION:We provide the first long-run dataset of regional employment s
 tructures and regional GDP and GDP per capita in 1990 international dollar
 s\, stretching over more than 100 years. These data allow us to compare re
 gions over time\, among each other\, and to other parts of the world. Afte
 r some brief notes on methodology we describe the basic patterns in the da
 ta in terms of some key dimensions: variation in the density of population
  and economic activity\, the spread of industry and services and the decli
 ning role of agriculture\, and changes in the levels of GDP and GDP per ca
 pita. We next discuss patterns of convergence and divergence over time and
  their explanations in terms of short-run adjustment and long-run fundamen
 tals. Also\, we document for the first time a secular decrease in spatial 
 coherence from 1900 to 2010. We find a U-shaped development in geographic 
 concentration and regional income inequality\, similar to the finding of a
  U-shaped pattern of personal income inequality.
LOCATION:Room 12\, Faculty of History
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