Table Of ContentAdvances in Spatial Science
Madalena Fonseca
Ugo Fratesi Editors
Regional
Upgrading in
Southern Europe
Spatial Disparities and Human Capital
Advances in Spatial Science
The Regional Science Series
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Madalena Fonseca • Ugo Fratesi
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Regional Upgrading
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Spatial Disparities and Human Capital
Editors
MadalenaFonseca UgoFratesi
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For my children Isabel and Alexandre, with
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Madalena
Acknowledgement
Thisbookistheresultofalong,windingroad.Theinitialideawastobringtogether
scholars from the four Southern European countries and different scientific areas
related to regional development and European policies to discuss our common
peripheral condition, but the project turned into a rather long process. Bringing
together30peoplefromdifferentcountries,regionsandinstitutions,withtheirown
commitments,engagementsandeverydayobligationswasnoteasy.Wearehence
very grateful to our colleagues for their extraordinary contributions, critical and
updated, and for sticking to the theme. We hope that this book will be a building
blockofafuturerelevantstrandofresearchfocusedonSouthernEurope.
Weareconfidentthatauthorsandreadersalikewillbehappywiththeresult.
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Contents
PartI RegionalUpgradinginSouthernEuropeanditsRegions:
TheContext
1 RegionalUpgradinginSouthernEurope:AGeneral
Framework. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
MadalenaFonsecaandUgoFratesi
2 SouthernEuropeataGlance:RegionalDisparitiesand
HumanCapital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
MadalenaFonseca
3 TheRoleofFunctionsinEconomicUnderperformance
ofSouthernEuropeanRegions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
UgoFratesi
PartII RegionalUpgradingI:Innovation,Productivity,FDI,
InfrastructureandPolicies
4 DoSouthernEuropeanRegionsReallyLagBehindinTheir
InnovationTrends?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
RobertaCapelloandCamillaLenzi
5 RegionalDevelopmentandStructuralChange:TheProductivity
ParadoxofSpanishPeripheralRegions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
J.AndresFai~na,JesusLopez-Rodriguez,PaulinoMontes-Solla,
IsidoroRomero,andLauraVarela-Candamio
6 PatternsofForeignDirectInvestmentinSouthernEuropean
Periphery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
LauraResmini
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7 RegionalEconomicDevelopment,HumanCapitalandTransport
InfrastructureinGreece:TheRoleofGeography. . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
VassilisTselios,AntonisRovolis,andYannisPsycharis
8 Globalisation,DelocalisationandDevelopment:Conceptual
FrameworkandImpactsonSouthernEuropeanCountries. . . . . . 175
AthanasiosKalogeresis
9 TheImpactofRegionalandNationalPoliciesintheDevelopment
oftheItalianMezzogiorno. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
GuidoPellegrini
PartIII RegionalUpgradingII:HumanCapital,Education,Labour
MarketandMigration
10 TheRoleofEducationinRegionalLabourMarkets:Evidence
fromTwoFragileEconomies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
EnriqueLo´pez-Bazo,VassilisMonastiriotis,andElisabetMotello´n
11 HumanCapitalFormationandtheMissingRegionalUpgrading
intheEUPeriphery:TheRoleofMigrationandEducation-Job
Mismatch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
NicolaD.ConiglioandFrancescoProta
12 AgeingandMigration:SomeReflexionsontheEffects
oftheEconomicandFinancialCrisisonDemographicTrends
inPortugueseRegions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
MariaLucindaFonseca,DiogodeAbreu,andAlinaEsteves
13 InvolvingUniversitiesinRegionalUpgradinginthePeriphery:
LessonsfromNorthernEurope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
PaulBenneworthandRo´muloPinheiro
14 HigherEducation,HumanCapital,andRegionalDynamics
inSouthernEurope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
RicardoBiscaia,PedroTeixeira,VeraRocha,
andMargaridaFonsecaCardoso
PartIV Postscript
15 ImplicationsforEuropeanEconomicIntegrationAfter
theBrexit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
AlbertoAmaral
List of Contributors
Alberto Amaral holds a doctorate from Cambridge and is a professor at the
University of Porto and a researcher at CIPES—Centre for Research on Higher
Education Policies. He was the rector of Porto University from 1985 to 1998,
former member of the Executive Board of the Conference of European Rectors,
formerchairoftheConsortiumofHigherEducationResearchers,formermember
of IMHE (OECD) and life member of the International Association of University
Presidents. At present, he is the chair of the administrative council of the Portu-
guese Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education. Recent
books include European Integration and Governance of Higher Education and
Research (Springer), Higher Education in Portugal 1974–2009. A Nation, a Gen-
eration.(Springer),QualityAssuranceinHigherEducation.ContemporaryDebates
(Palgrave), Cross-Border Higher Education and Quality Assurance: Commerce,
TheServiceDirectiveandGoverningHigherEducation(Palgrave)andAnalysing
EuropeanPolicyImplementation:TheBolognaProcess(Palgrave).
PaulBenneworth isaseniorresearcherattheCenterforHigherEducationPolicy
Studies,UniversityofTwente,theNetherlands,andAgderforskning,Kristiansand,
Norway. Paul’s research focuses on the dynamics of innovation and regional
development and in particular the ways in which cooperations and coalitions
function in supporting regional innovation processes. He has been chief scientist
of projects for a range of research funders including the European Framework
Programme/ERA-NET,researchcouncilsintheUK,theNetherlandsandNorway
aswellasawiderangeofgovernmentandnot-for-profitfunders.Heistheeditorof
eightscientificworks,includingthreeintheRSACities&Regionsseries.Hehas
published more than thirty peer-reviewed scientific articles in the last decade,
serves asreviewerforarangeofjournals, researchcouncilsandfundingagencies
internationallyandiscurrentlyactingasspecialscientificadvisertothreeresearch
councilfundedprojectsinNorway,ItalyandBelgium.
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