convergence of GDP per worker observed across the European regions, in the absence of data on regional TFP. Second, the spatial … regional convergence in Europe. As for the first issue, our aim is to assess whether the convergence observed across European … regions is due to convergence in technology as well as to convergence in capital-labour ratios. We first develop a growth …

clear process of aggregate productivity convergence across the European regions over the 1980s. At the sectoral level, there … has not been convergence in agriculture, while the industrial and services sectors show ß-convergence. Most crucially, the …