services are and we provide evidence for this both in terms of traditional measures of sigma- and beta-convergence and more …

endogeneity, we find two key results for the growth of Italian regions. Firstly, we show that the rate of conditional convergence …

, the productivity growth is governed by the growth in technical progress. We also study about convergence in state level … and find a tendency of convergence in productivity growth though only states that are efficient remain on the production …

This study aims to examine the absolute and conditional convergence across the 27 EU Member States. To examine the … absolute β convergence was used Baumol model (1986) estimated by OLS and Panel Data, and to examine the absolute σ convergence … the Quah model (1993) by graphical analysis. Subsequently, we analyzed the conditional convergence, also estimated by OLS …

using convergence hypothesis. Earlier studies that examined regional disparities of development used per capita State Net … assessment of socioeconomic convergence in terms of critical indicators of economic inequality, poverty ratios, literacy rate and …, statistically significant absolute and conditional Beta (β)-convergence in literacy rates and HDI have been observed but only …