We investigate to what extent convergence in production levels per worker has been achieved in Germany since …

This paper analyses convergence in per capita gross regional product of Russia’s regions during the period 1995 …-2010, when regional data are available. Using a panel regression framework we find no evidence for beta-convergence. Instead we … regional product confirm this outcome as do non-parametric estimates of convergence, namely estimates using Markov transition …

This paper investigates convergence in social indicators among Colombian departments from 1973 to 2005. We use census … estimators). Using literacy rate as a proxy for education, we find convergence between 1973 and 2005, but persistence in the …. Additionally, using data from Demographic and Health Surveys, we find convergence in the rate of children that are well …

Convergence studies are concerned with the question of whether poor economies catch-up to wealthier economies over time …. The regional convergence process in Europe has generated considerable interest in recent years. Because of financial … straits regional convergence is a central question, since important funds aim at diminishing disparities. There are many …

The convergence of German regions represents a politically explosive question. Different studies examined convergence … processes of Germany. We derive equations to estimate the convergence speed on basis of a Solow model, to which human capital is … added. The geographically weighted regression permits a detailed analysis of convergence processes, which has not been …

This paper uses nonparametric techniques to study GDP convergence across German labor market regions and counties … during the period 1992-2004. The main result is that regional convergence in unified Germany has been substantial. In the … Eastern and Western part of the country are still apparent. -- Regional convergence ; distribution dynamics ; nonparametric …

income convergence across 255 NUTS-2 European regions for the period 1995-2005. We show that the choice of a spatial weight … attached to the model covariates. We also show that estimates of the speed of income convergence across European regions depend … of model uncertainty, the posterior distribution of the speed of convergence parameter appears bimodal, with a large …

This paper argues that fiscal convergence in the Euro area has been achieved at the expenses of real divergence in …