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 …

divergence, then of convergence, reflecting a familiar pattern. The main characteristic in the case of the Mezzogiorno, however …, is that the convergence phase led the area to a remarkably unfavorable steady-state. Further, I suggest that the …