to study the changes in the within country distribution of management quality associated with country convergence to the … those of its close competitors. Part of the process of convergence to the frontier across the development process represents … that lag the frontier benchmark. Among potential explanatory variables that may drive convergence, ownership and human …

This paper analyzes convergence in per capita gross regional product of Russia's regions during the period 1995 …-2010, when regional data are available. Using a panel regression framework we find no evidence for beta-convergence. Instead we … regional product confirm this outcome as do non-parametric estimates of convergence, namely estimates using Markov transition …

translated into poverty convergence. In a context of overall stagnant economic growth and poverty reduction since 1990, the …Trends in aggregate growth and poverty reduction hide a multiplicity of development processes at the local level. The … and spanning 22 years, first, to test hypothesis that there is within-country income convergence. Second, through a …

In this paper, we study convergence in per capita gross regional products across Russian regions in the period from … model to analyze the regional convergence process in the Russian case. We also take into account possible spatial effects … we fail to find any role of human capital for regional economic growth, we find that interregional migration and …

Vietnam is widely regarded as a success story for its impressive economic growth and poverty reduction in the last few … decades. Yet, recent evidence indicates that the country's economic growth has not been uniform. Compiling and analyzing new … segregated in certain provinces. We find beneficial impact of economic growth on poverty reduction, but this can depend on …

The innovative approach presented introduces a modified neoclassical growth model which includes a new bias of … technological progress in a quasi-endogenous growth model in which part of labor is used in the research & development sector. The … capital is positively influenced by the size of the R&D sector, sheds new light on innovation and growth as well as income …