Towards the Goals of the Europe 2020 Strategy: Convergence or Divergence of the European Union Countries?

Szymańska, Agata; Zalewska, Elżbieta

dc.contributor.author	Szymańska, Agata	en
dc.contributor.author	Zalewska, Elżbieta	en
dc.date.accessioned	2018-04-03T08:25:09Z
dc.date.available	2018-04-03T08:25:09Z
dc.date.issued	2018-03-20	en
dc.identifier.issn	1508-2008	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11089/24290
dc.description.abstract	The aim of this article is to investigate the similarities between the EU countries in terms of achieving the Europe 2020 Strategy goals. Due to the latest data availability, the analysis is based on the year 2014. The study uses grouping methods, including the k-means algorithm. The results indicate the existence of a division between the “old” and “new” European Union Member States. However, as is shown, some of the Strategy’s targets have already been achieved and some indicators have been nearly achieved, whereas among others, such as implementation of the headline indicator for investment in the R&D sector as a % of GDP is uncertain. The average performance of headline indicators for the EU–15 and EU–13 countries seems to be similar and exhibits the same trend of changes.	en
dc.publisher	Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Comparative Economic Research;1	en
dc.rights	This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0	en
dc.subject	Europe 2020 Strategy	en
dc.subject	cluster analysis	en
dc.subject	European Union	en
dc.subject	C10	en
dc.subject	Q01	en
dc.title	Towards the Goals of the Europe 2020 Strategy: Convergence or Divergence of the European Union Countries?	en
dc.page.number	67-82	en
dc.contributor.authorAffiliation	Institute of Economics, University of Lodz	en
dc.contributor.authorAffiliation	Institute of Statistics and Demography, University of Lodz	en
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dc.contributor.authorEmail	Szymańska, Agata - agata.szymanska@uni.lodz.pl	en
dc.contributor.authorEmail	Zalewska, Elżbieta - zalewska.e@uni.lodz.pl	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.2478/cer-2018-0004	en
dc.relation.volume	21

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