This paper suggests a new methodology which allows to show whether worldwide growth has been favourable to developing economies, and a new measure to assess international income mobility across countries. The empirical illustration considers a panel of 123 countries observed over the years...

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This paper analyses the convergence process of inequality in income among five Balkan countries in the 1989-2008 period. This study is carried out in comparison with the situation in the European Union of 27 countries. The originality of our approach is to consider the convergence of countries'...

This paper examines the evolution of technological specialization in 221 European regions over the period 1989-2000. The indicators of regional specialization rely on the structure of European patents in eight sections of the International Patent Classification (IPC). The results of empirical...

Cet article examine l’évolution des inégalités des activités de production (PIB par habitant) et de technologie (Brevets par habitant) de 32 pays européens sur la période 1989-2002. La mesure de Theil est utilisée comme indicateur des inégalités. Elle est définie comme la somme des...

We use two datasets to study the convergence process across European regions. Relying on Quah (1966a,1997), we examine the dynamics of income distribution and find evidence of polarization whatever the time horizon considered. Regions whose incomes were close together at an initial period...

Ce papier analyse la dynamique de la spécialisation des activités technologiques mesurées par les brevets de 221 régions européennes sur la période 1989-2000. L'approche adoptée repose sur la spécification d'un modèle à erreurs composées et à coefficients variables. La modélisation...

We use two datasets to study the convergence process across European regions. Relying on Quah (1966a,1997), we examine the dynamics of income distribution and find evidence of polarization whatever the time horizon considered. Regions whose incomes were close together at an initial period...