@misc{10481/107698,
year = {2025},
month = {12},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/107698},
abstract = {Concern about income distribution has spread worldwide owing to its connections with social unrest and conflict.
For this reason, the European Union (EU) pays special attention to its Cohesion Policy, thus fulfilling its
commitment to equity and ensuring its own economic, social and political sustainability. This paper aims to
assess the impact of tourism on income inequality and polarization with a view to guiding income distribution
policies, particularly the EU Cohesion Policy. Specifically, we control for spatial dependence to determine the
impact of tourism both in destinations and their neighbouring regions. We also consider non-linear relationships
to detect possible changes over time in the effects of tourism on income distribution. Additionally, we contrast
inbound and domestic tourism since the characteristics of these flows can have differential effects on the results.
Dynamic Spatio-temporal estimations are applied to EU NUTS-1 data using spatial lag of X (SLX) models. Our
estimations indicate that total tourism hinders income distribution in destinations showing an inverted-U-shaped
relationship with income inequality and polarization. We find that inequality and polarization increase with
inbound tourism but decrease with domestic tourism. Moreover, the two typologies improve income distribution
in regions neighbouring tourism destinations. Both types of tourism cause direct, indirect and induced effects of
different intensity. Policy actions applicable to other geographical contexts are proposed targeting the tourism
supply structure, labour market regulation and structural competitiveness jointly with measures to effectively
manage the transition to a knowledge-based economy and strengthen social protection systems, particularly in
education, health, unemployment and retirement.},
organization = {MICIU/AEI/ 10.13039/501100011033 and ERDF/EU (PID2022-136235NB-I00)},
publisher = {Elsevier},
keywords = {Income inequality},
keywords = {Income polarization},
keywords = {Domestic tourism},
title = {Dynamic spatio-temporal modelling of tourism impact on income inequality and polarization: Inbound and domestic flows in the EU},
doi = {10.1016/j.pirs.2025.100122},
author = {Llorca Rodríguez, Carmen María and Casas Jurado, Amalia Cristina and García Fernández, Rosa María and Chica-Olmo, Jorge},
}