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ADDRESSING REGIONAL DISPARITY AND EQUITY OBJECTIVES THROUGH REGIONAL POLICIES: A SCEPTICAL PERSPECTIVE
Author(s) -
Hansen Niles
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
papers in regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.937
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1435-5957
pISSN - 1056-8190
DOI - 10.1111/j.1435-5597.1995.tb00630.x
Subject(s) - equity (law) , disadvantaged , lagging , unemployment , public economics , perspective (graphical) , economics , business , economic growth , political science , medicine , pathology , artificial intelligence , computer science , law
Regional policies may be motivated by numerous objectives involving the reduction of economic disparities. For example, they may be directed toward greater interpersonal and interfamily equity from a national perspective, reduction of unemployment, or the activation of underutilized resources in economically lagging regions. How ever, the formation and implementation of such policies face many conceptual and measurement difficulties. In view of these problems, the objectives of equity‐oriented policies may be better addressed through non‐spatial policies that target specific disadvantaged groups.