Database on the Impact of Next Generation EU Funds

The Next Generation EU (NGEU) program, through the Recovery and Resilience Facility, was designed to foster a coordinated fiscal response in the EU to the COVID-19 crisis. It provides grants and loans to Member States to finance reforms and investments. In Spain, one of the main beneficiaries, we assess its regional economic impact using counterfactual techniques. The results show an increase in GDP per capita in 2022, projected also for 2023–2025 compared to a no-funds scenario, confirming the relevance of these exceptional measures. As part of Elsevier’s transition to full open access, specifically for the journal Papers in Regional Science, starting in 2025, we are making publicly available the original database used in the paper entitled “On the impact of Next Generation EU funds: A regional synthetic control method approach.” This file called Database on the Impact of Next Generation EU Funds.xlsx, provides the main variables used to analyze the impact of the Next Generation funds through the construction of a synthetic indicator that compares the hypothetical situation of Spanish regions without funds with the real situation with funds, over the period 2017–2025.下一代欧盟（Next Generation EU, NGEU）计划依托复苏与韧性机制（Recovery and Resilience Facility）设立，旨在推动欧盟成员国针对新冠疫情危机实施协同财政应对。该计划为成员国提供赠款与贷款，以支持其推进改革及开展投资项目。作为主要受益方之一的西班牙，本研究采用反事实分析方法（counterfactual techniques）评估该计划的区域经济影响。研究结果显示，相较于无基金支持的基准情景，西班牙2022年人均GDP实现增长，且这一增长态势预计将延续至2023—2025年，印证了此类特殊政策举措的重要意义。 作为爱思唯尔（Elsevier）全面转向开放获取转型的组成部分，针对《区域科学研究》（Papers in Regional Science）期刊，自2025年起，我们将公开本研究论文所使用的原始数据集。该论文题为《下一代欧盟基金的影响：区域合成控制法（synthetic control method）应用》。 本数据集文件名为《下一代欧盟基金影响数据库.xlsx》，包含了用于分析下一代欧盟基金影响的核心变量：通过构建合成指标，对比2017—2025年间西班牙各地区无基金支持的假设情景与实际获得基金支持的真实情况。