can diverge from the countries at the global frontier. We measure the degree of divergence for each country and find that …

This paper studies the role of internal migration in income convergence across regions in Japan. Neoclassical theory … predicts that migration should have been an important source of convergence, but regression results suggest otherwise. The … shown that, although this effect did slow down convergence, its magnitude was too small to account for the discrepancy …

After arguing that the concepts of b-convergence and s-convergence are independently interesting, this paper extends … the empirical evidence on regional growth and convergence across the United States, Japan, and five European nations. We … confirm that the estimated speeds of convergence are surprisingly similar across data sets: regions tend to converge at a …

. The cross section of countries exhibits s-divergence and conditional b-convergence. The speed of conditional convergence …The concepts of s-convergence, absolute b-convergence and conditional b-convergence are discussed in this paper. The …. Except for the large cross section of countries, all data sets display strong evidence of s-convergence and absolute b-convergence …

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

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 …

of economic growth. The key features of our analysis of divergence in growth outcomes are an emphasis on the importance …