-country differences in inequality permanent, or gradually narrowing? Equivalently, is there convergence not just in the first moment of … individual income (GDP per capita), but convergence in distribution? …

This paper offers new tests of the `convergence hypothesis'. It first analyses the pattern of growth of measured inputs … is led to reject the convergence theory. In order to understand what lies at the heart of this discrepancy, the paper … school enrolments (or the UN-conditional convergence of the stock of measured inputs would not hold), but because the law of …

This paper focuses on one possible explanation for the empirical evidence of: (a) income convergence among the world … outcomes that are consistent with the convergence-divergence empirical evidence. While subsistence consumption can lead to …

This paper surveys the recent literature on convergence across countries and regions. We discuss the main convergence … exploring the role of alternative convergence mechanisms and the possible shortcomings of panel data techniques for convergence …

This paper analyses the sources of post-war growth and convergence in the OECD using an extension of Mankiw, Romer and …. Technological catch-up is found to be very fast and seems to have played an important role in OECD convergence during the first half … of the sample period. The exhaustion of this effect, moreover, may help explain the slowdown of growth and convergence …

Convergence in per capita income across countries turns on whether technological knowledge spillovers are global or …

partners - is shown to be related to an increase in the rate of convergence between the countries. …

Convergence in per capita income turns on whether technological knowledge spillovers are global or local. Global … spillovers favour convergence, while a geographically limited scope of knowledge diffusion can lead to regional clusters of …

West Germany being admitted to the `convergence club'. The role of the Currency Reform, associated price liberalization and … convergence to US levels of productivity stopped. By contrast, Germany was able to maintain its share of world export markets …