Question

Between the mid 1980s and the end of the 1990s: a) EU per capita incomes at the national level diverged. b) EU per capita incomes at the national level diverged, but the per capita incomes at the sub-national levels converged. c) EU per capita income distribution did not change much. d) EU per capita incomes at the national level converged, but per capita incomes at the sub-national levels diverged.

Answer 1

ans =option d

The empirical study of latest GDP data proves the movement towards economic convergence on a national level. On a regional level, though, the process of convergence was more sluggish & almost came to a halt after the starting of the worldwide economic crisis ( 2008). The cause for these diverging outcomes can be discovered in the change of disparities within the nations: Whilst regional inequalities mainly remained the same in most of the old member states, the hiatus between rich & poor areas broadened in most nations which accessed the European Union since 2004.