productivity convergence and its speed at the country, region and industry levels simultaneously. The results show that conditional … employment share, in the demand of goods due to technology, in trade patterns and in technology. These structural changes may … affect the process of convergence. Most of the existing studies on convergence have ignored the role of structural change …

We find very fast convergence in productivity for the 99 3-digit European industries over the 1985-1998 period …. According to our estimates half of any productivity gap is closed on average in 10 years. The speed of convergence is much … productivity catch up. Skill intensity fastens structural adjustment but seems to have no effect on convergence in productivity …