convergence of GDP per worker observed across the European regions, in the absence of data on regional TFP. Second, the spatial … regional convergence in Europe. As for the first issue, our aim is to assess whether the convergence observed across European … regions is due to convergence in technology as well as to convergence in capital-labour ratios. We first develop a growth …

decentralization, causing a sudden halt of a twenty-year strong process of regional convergence …

convergence of GDP per worker observed across the European regions, in the absence of data on regional TFP. Second, the spatial … regional convergence in Europe. As for the first issue, our aim is to assess whether the convergence observed across European … regions is due to convergence in technology as well as to convergence in capital-labour ratios. We first develop a growth …

productivity convergence observed across the European regions in the 1980s. The potential of an explanation of convergence based in … therefore on convergence) implied by the theory of the dual economy. We use the database Regio-Eu set up by CRENoS, with … of the whole process of convergence. Ignoring such components could lead to misleading interpretations of the relative …