TY  - BOOK
AU  - Adarov,Amat
AU  - Holzner,Mario
AU  - Sikic,Luka
TI  - Backwardness, Industrialisation and Economic Development in Europe
T2  - wiiw Balkan Observatory Working Papers
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Wien
PB  - Wiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche (wiiw)
KW  - Economic development
KW  - economic growth
KW  - industrialisation
KW  - urbanisation
KW  - SEE
N2  - 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

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