We test the history-augmented Solow model with respect to its predictions on the patterns of divergence and convergence …

issue of disparities and convergence in levels of living within regions and cities of the Russian Federation (the RF) in the … classification of RF regions and cities and evaluation of disparities and convergence tendencies of levels of living. The analysis of … dynamics of the synthetic indicators of level of living provides evidence for regional convergence of levels of living and a …

inequality? And finally, we examine the convergence (or divergence) in terms of inequality. Analogous to the concept of (absolute …) convergence in terms of growth, a country is said to be convergent if the country has started with high (low) level of inequality …

Empirical evidence about income convergence among regions and countries is inconclusive and it is necessary to clarify … the economic and institutional conditions for convergence. We investigate movements in the income distribution among … development. The convergence towards a narrower unimodal distribution of per capita income is convincing in this homogenous …