This report was prepared by the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE) led by Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, Director. The work was conducted as part of the OECD Regional Development Policy Committee’s program of work with financial support from the European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy.
The analysis and preparation of the report were managed and co-ordinated by Lukas Kleine-Rueschkamp with the guidance of Paolo Veneri, Head of the Statistics and Territorial Analysis Unit, under the supervision of Rüdiger Ahrend, Head of the Economic Analysis, Data and Statistics Division, OECD. The report was drafted by Lukas Kleine-Rueschkamp (OECD) and Cem Özgüzel (OECD). Nadim Ahmad and Andrew Paterson (OECD) and provided valuable comments. Mael Astruc—Le Souder, Eric Gonnard, Jasper Hesse, Claire Hoffmann and Chloé Mas (all OECD) provided statistical support. Furthermore, the report benefitted from analytical inputs by Anthony Edo (CEPII), Ismael Gálvez-Iniesta (University of the Balearic Islands), Lucas Guichard (LISER), Evgenii Monastryenko (University of Luxembourg) and Gianluca Orefice (University of Dauphine). Data on interregional trade flows were provided by Giovanni Madras (European Commission’s Joint Research Centre). The report benefited from valuable reviews and comments by Alan Manning (London School of Economics), Jan Stuhler (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid), and Madeleine Sumption (Migration Observatory, University of Oxford). Pilar Philip and François Iglesias (both OECD) prepared the report for publication.
The OECD Secretariat expresses its gratitude to the OECD Regional Development Committee and Working Party on Territorial Indicators for comments and suggestions. Special thanks to Laura De Dominicis and Lewis Dijkstra (EC, DG Regio) for their support and feedback on various parts of the report.