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Targeted
Interregional
Transfers
Mobility
Centripetalism
Low
High
Level of Mobility of Dependents/Unskilled Workers ( )
Degree of Centripetalism in Representation ( )
FIGURE 2.5. Determinants of Targeted Interregional Transfers: Expected Relations
C. As a result, the association between interregional inequality and over-
all income inequality in the union should be strongest in unions with
centrifugal systems of representation.
Figure 2.4
displays the expected relationships graphically.
What explains the levels of interregional redistribution?
Hypothesis 3
: Given a decentralized system of interpersonal redistribution,
the level of interregional redistribution is: a positive function of the levels of
mobility; and negatively related to systems of representation that weigh down
the influence of specific regions (centripetal).
Figure 2.5
displays the expected
relationships graphically.
Chapter 3 introduces the empirical strategy for assessing these hypotheses.
