In the growth literature, researchers are typically concerned with macro convergence. However, to the extent that macro … dynamics result from the underlying microeconomic relations, convergence should also be investigated at the micro-level. In … this paper, we suggest an approach that allows exploiting large micro panels to test for convergence. Compared to the …

average. For the majority of our sample countries we obtain evidence of real interest rate convergence towards the latter …. Convergence, however, is a gradual process subject to structural breaks, typically falling close to the launch of the euro. Our …

difference in convergence depending on the level of aggregation. While aggregate national inflation rates are diverging …, disaggregate inflation rates are converging. We find that aggregation appears to bias evidence towards non-convergence. Our results …