The paper estimates a conditional ß-convergence model of labor productivity growth in Italy's manufacturing industry …. Our results suggest that human capital, a cooperative culture, and initial productivity in neighboring provinces can … explain much of the geographical variability of productivity growth in manufacturing in nineteenth-century Italy …

In the paper we investigate relative productivity levels and decompose productivity change for European agriculture … between 2004 and 2013. More specifically (1) we contribute to the debate whether agricultural Total Factor Productivity (TFP … this respect between the OMS and NMS and across member states. Finally, our estimations support the productivity …