, Oil, LDC, Small). Moreover, we have shown that the reason why they are growing faster is neither that they are poorer than …

indicators could support both endogenous and neoclassical growth theories in the convergence debate. This paper investigates … convergence in real per capita GDP and inequality adjusted human development in 38 African countries, disaggregated into 10 … is that the income component of the human development index moves slower than others in the convergence process and thus …

the beta catch-up and sigma convergence to compare dispersions in output per worker, total factor productivity and ….70% per annum with corresponding time to full catch-up of 25.38 years and 26.01 years respectively. Third, we find sigma-convergence …

!convergence panel regressions may produce biased evidence, due to their inability to distinguish between actual catching-up across …. The results confirm the conjecture that traditional evidence about - convergence may be misleading; they also show that …

, we suggest that the convergence based on the productivity, can be assisted by a reinforcement of supply-side measures …

robots replace low-skilled labour. We showthat this has potential non-linear effects on?-convergence and that the model is …

, we suggest that the convergence based on the productivity, can be assisted by a reinforcement of supply-side measures …

. While the primary measure for convergence and catching up is per capita output, we also look at other macroeconomic … studies of convergence between regions of reunified Germany, our approach is purely based upon the time series dimension and … process. In our analysis, we find evidence of catching up for East Germany for most of the indicators. However, convergence …

convergence towards Germany’s productivity levels. …

This paper reviews the results of a number of empirical studies of convergence among the OECD countries and discusses … OECD countries, there are different clusters. The parameter representing the convergence hypothesis, despite being negative … convergence between the countries that belong to the upper quantiles. Moreover, 1960-1970 is highlighted as the period in which …