. There is convergence to natives in the occupational distribution, but not in wages. In the long run, the return for …

markets in Europe, and some people have argued that it has induced a convergence in industrial structures across countries … time period 1994 to 1998, we do not find strong evidence for ‘convergence’ in manufacturing in Europe. ‘Full’ convergence … some form of conditional convergence is observed. A Gibrat process best describes the growth of very large and mature firms …

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

Economic convergence of the new member states (NMS) of the EU towards the old EU countries (EU-15), not only in terms … indebtedness. At the same time we evaluate the impact of convergence on the EU-15 countries also, by endogenising offshoring and … process of convergence. We find that in a general equilibrium setting fears of large adverse effects of a relocation of EU-15 …

geography. The same economic forces influence simultaneously growth, convergence, and spatial agglomeration and clustering …

lower income. We analyse the effect of different integration sequences on industrial location and convergence during the …

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 …