01585nam a22003137u 4500 pwiiw3913 OSt 20260518120109.0 160605t2016 au ||||| |||| 00| ||eng d OSt eng O14 O18 O43 O47 jelc Adarov, Amat Backwardness, Industrialisation and Economic Development in Europe Wien : Wiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche (wiiw), 2016. wiiw Balkan Observatory Working Papers 123 Abstract The present work uses long-term economic development data (1952-2010) as well as a detailed industry-level panel data (1963-2011) to analyse industrialisation patterns in Europe, implications of economic backwardness and the role of European integration in facilitating industrialisation and development. We find evidence of some income convergence in Europe, but mostly in countries that were able to exploit the ‘advantages of (mild) backwardness’. Regions of extensive backwardness such as the Balkans had difficulties to catch up. Membership in the European Union helped especially more backward economies to develop faster. Economic development economic growth industrialisation urbanisation SEE Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy Holzner, Mario Sikic, Luka 123 WIIW0000140 wiiw Balkan Observatory Working Papers https://wiiw.ac.at/p-3913.html P z 8763 8763 0 0 0 0 BIB BIB 1 2016-06-05 pwiiw3913 0 123 1000010003913 2016-06-05 00:00:00 2019-02-05 P