-side channel: capital, labor, and productivity, with the last estimated using the stochastic frontier approach. By controlling for …

percent. Average productivity growth in EMDEs has picked up rapidly since 2000, renewing interest in the convergence … rate of convergence remains low, with current growth differentials halving the productivity gap only after over 100 years … productivity levels (convergence clubs). Many EMDEs have moved into higher-level productivity convergence clubs since 2000, with 16 …

This paper exploits a novel municipal-level data set to explore patterns of convergence in income and poverty in Mexico … evidence of income and poverty convergence at the municipal level. The findings suggest that these convergence processes stem …

contribute the lion's share because of an unprecedented convergence of technologies. Industrialized agriculture and agri … some trying, can accelerate their convergence to the technological frontier to take full advantage of this promise …