results showed conditional convergence for the region from 1950 to 1975, and both absolute and conditional divergence from …

This paper uses time-series data from nineteen Latin American countries and the U.S. to test for income convergence … using two existing definitions of convergence and a new testable definition of β-convergence. Only Dominican Republic and … convergence exists when allowing for structural breaks using the two-break minimum LM unit root of Lee and Strazicich (2003). The …

The concept of club convergence has been widely used in empirical analysis to group countries in clubs with similar … test convergence within each club. I find significant and positive convergence speed within each of the clubs, implying …