Enhancing regional resilience for energy price shocks: efficient gas use and upstream decarbonization
Resilience and competitiveness in relation to fossil energy dependencies is of increasing concern to industries and policy makers. We investigate to what extent the competitive position of industries…
Mercantilist and protectionist shocks on innovation, growth, and economic policy in European regions
We assess the potential innovation and growth implications on European regions of the rapid global shifts in political economy towards mercantilism, tariffs, and protectionism. The new trade shocks…
Vooral industriële regio’s in Europa kwetsbaar voor Amerikaanse heffingen
De hoge muren van importheffingen die het afgelopen halfjaar door de Verenigde Staten zijn geïntroduceerd, hebben negatieve consequenties voor de economische activiteit. Voor welke Europese en…
Human development is fundamentally dependent on the state of the environment. ‘Planetary boundaries’ define a set of limits with regard to the environmental conditions on the planet within which human…
In deze studie licht het PBL toe waarom politieke keuzes nodig zijn als het Rijk de brede welvaart wil behouden of bevorderen in elke regio, en om welk typen keuzes het gaat. Naast inzicht in hoe de…
Waar zijn de banen in Nederland? Veranderingen 1996-2022
Het PBL heeft onderzocht hoe de verdeling van banen over Nederland is veranderd tussen 1996 en 2022 en of dat gepaard is gegaan met een verlies aan banen en minder kans op werk in sommige regio’s…
Territorial impacts of COVID-19 and policy answers in European regions and cities
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused an unprecedented crisis of social, political and economic systems throughout Europe and the world. Since March 2020, European authorities have taken diverse measures…
Renewing industrial regions? Advanced manufacturing and industrial policy in Britain
In many countries, industrial policy is back in vogue. One of these countries is the United Kingdom, where it is hoped that industrial policy can provide a further boost to advanced manufacturing…
Evaluation of EIB Cohesion financing (2007 to 2018)
The EU treaties entrust the European Investment Bank (EIB) with supporting the reduction of regional disparities in the Union, notably by financing projects in less-developed EU regions. The…
Rethinking the political economy of place: challenges of productivity and inclusion
The global financial crisis of 2007–2008 revealed longer term systemic problems in global capitalism, two of the most prominent being the slowdown in the underlying trend in productivity growth and a…