This paper aims at assessing whether dualistic mechanisms represent a significant component of the aggregate labor productivity convergence observed across the European regions in the 1980s. The potential of an explanation of convergence based in part, at least, on the existence of dualism in...

This paper explores the spatial distribution of innovative and productive activity across 109 regions of the European Union, thanks to an original databank on regional patents statistics. The main results worth highlighting are as follows. The technological activity in the EU appears to be...