A new study on “Regional disparities, ageing and territorial aspects of employment” has been released

Ageing, the slowdown in population growth, and the decreasing growth rate of the working age population are currently are the main challenges facing Europe and may reduce its economic growth in the future. Despite this general tendency in Europe, there are significant regional differences among the EU Member States, which have both growing and declining regions within their borders. Whereas most urban regions are growing, the rural regions are deteriorating. Although technology, knowledge-intensity and innovation gaps between Old Member States (OMS) and New Member States (NMS) remain wide, the economic inequalities between them are declining.
Taking into consideration these regional disparities, as well as environment-related requirements of future economic activity, the EU has to find new ways of producing, consuming and living according to the principles of socio-ecological transition (SET).

In their newest publication, CASE experts, Izabela Styczyńska and Constantin Zaman, try to outline the main results and policy recommendations of the study conducted within NEUJOBS, which focuses on regional differences and the urban-rural divide and their interactions with demographic and socio-ecological transition.

Read the full paper here.