abstract: 'The European Regional Policy supports the most disadvantaged regions of

  the EU, aiming to foster a long-run convergence process. Between 2007

  and 2013, the EU devoted substantial resources to low-income convergence

  regions, covering about one quarter of the EU population. Like other

  disadvantaged areas, Southern Italy received conspicuous funding. This

  work attempts to evaluate the effect of the intensive funding on local

  labour market participation across the convergence regions of Southern

  Italy, using a Diff-in-Diff identification strategy in a Dynamic Spatial

  Framework. An element of strength in this study is represented by the

  NUTS-3 dataset employed, drawn from official records. Controlling for

  socio-economic covariates, autoregressive components and spatial

  spillovers, the results obtained show a negative impact of the intensive

  EU funding on labour market participation. Many reasons may account for

  this phenomenon, ranging from poor targeting and monitoring, to the

  distortionary effects of the funds, to the strategic behaviour of the

  national government.'
affiliation: 'Cerciello, M (Corresponding Author), Univ Naples Parthenope, Dept Econ
  \& Legal Studies, Via Gen Parisi 13, I-80132 Naples, Italy.

  Cerciello, Massimiliano; Agovino, Massimiliano; Garofalo, Antonio, Univ Naples Parthenope,
  Dept Econ \& Legal Studies, Via Gen Parisi 13, I-80132 Naples, Italy.'
article-number: '100703'
author: Cerciello, Massimiliano and Agovino, Massimiliano and Garofalo, Antonio
author-email: 'massimiliano.cerciello@uniparthenope.it

  massimiliano.agovino@uniparthenope.it

  gar@uniparthenope.it'
author_list:
- family: Cerciello
  given: Massimiliano
- family: Agovino
  given: Massimiliano
- family: Garofalo
  given: Antonio
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/j.seps.2019.03.009
eissn: 1873-6041
files: []
issn: 0038-0121
journal: SOCIO-ECONOMIC PLANNING SCIENCES
keywords-plus: 'EU STRUCTURAL FUNDS; INCOME INEQUALITY; CHILD-CARE; PANEL-DATA;

  ECONOMIC-GROWTH; FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION; FORCE PARTICIPATION; COHESION

  POLICY; IMPACT; UNION'
language: English
month: DEC
number-of-cited-references: '147'
orcid-numbers: 'GAROFALO, Antonio/0000-0001-8888-9200

  Cerciello, Massimiliano/0000-0002-4767-5529'
papis_id: ce424d80e3dea8fce54a88f875e43288
ref: Cerciello2019caringhand
researcherid-numbers: 'Cerciello, Massimiliano/AAY-8434-2020

  '
times-cited: '8'
title: The caring hand that cripples? The effects of the European regional policy
  on local labour market participation in Southern Italy
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000503052700026
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '4'
volume: '68'
web-of-science-categories: Economics; Management; Operations Research \& Management
  Science
year: '2019'