An extensive literature on the convergence of productivity between countries examines whether productivity is pulled … use the wide dispersion of productivity across firms to explore convergence to the national frontier. Given this within …

We study the extent of macroeconomic convergence/divergence among euro area countries. Our analysis focuses on four … union as a convergence factor by using non-euro developed economies and the pre-EMU period as control samples. …

manufacturing suggest that convergence of GDP per worker must have occurred through trends in other sectors and through …

We study the issue of income convergence across countries and regions with a Bayesian model which allows us to use … information in an efficient and flexible way. We argue that the very slow convergence rates to a common level of per-capita income … introduces in the results. Our approach permits the estimation of different convergence rates to different steady states for each …

study of the convergence hypothesis. The data show limited intra-distribution mobility in incomes across economies and thus …, little convergence. The analysis uncovers some `convergence club'-like dynamics, and reveals the wide diversity in growth …