productive. The formers’ convergence could therefore constitute an important part of productivity growth at the macroeconomic … which can explain it. Productivity convergence was stronger for labour productivity than for total factor productivity. But … productivity of firms at the frontier while discouraging the convergence of the least productive firms. …

three questions (a) What is the source of knowledge flows? (b) To what extent do such flows contribute to productivity …

This paper estimates the impact of road improvements on firm employment and productivity using plant level longitudinal …, but not the employment of existing firms. We also find effects on labour productivity and wages at the firm level … data for Britain. Exposure to transport improvements is measured by changes in employment accessibility along the road …

misallocation. The fall in labour productivity is therefore likely to reverse if demand improves – e.g. through stronger monetary or …

Business support policies designed to raise productivity and employment are common worldwide, but rigorous micro … positive program treatment effect on employment, investment and net entry but not on TFP. OLS underestimates program effects … for larger firms (e.g. over 150 employees). We also find the policy raises area level manufacturing employment mainly …

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

peaks" in the cross-sectional distribution, not simple patterns of convergence or divergence. The theo- retical problems …

hindered convergence among the countries of the Eurozone. On the one hand, there is wide agreement on the fact that asymmetric … support for convergence is fading away after the EMU was initiated in 1999. A process of divergence in per capita GDP is … underway, in contrast with the substantial progress that has taken place during the nineties. Regional convergence is also …