applying econometric tools commonly used in the economic growth literature to assess the existence of convergence across the … countries in our sample. We contribute to the ongoing debate over the existence of convergence amongst high-income countries in … adult mortality by offering two main empirical regularities. First, our results show that the convergence hypothesis is …

the regional output per worker and raises the speed of convergence. By contrast, the pure geographical metrics is … underperforming, while underestimating the convergence dynamics. …