We investigate the convergence process among EU regions between 1980-2002 taking into account the effects of spatial …

-capita output convergence across a large sample of European regions during the period 1995-2005. We find that net fiscal transfers …, while achieving regional redistribution, seem to impede output growth and promote an “immiserising convergence”: output …

convergence of GDP per worker observed across the European regions, in the absence of data on regional TFP. Second, the spatial … regional convergence in Europe. As for the first issue, our aim is to assess whether the convergence observed across European … regions is due to convergence in technology as well as to convergence in capital-labour ratios. We first develop a growth …

convergence in the two economies. This is the first of its kind. The paper presents a detailed examination of economic growth in … countries and investigates whether there is any evidence of regional convergence during the period of rapid economic growth. It …

of spatial correlation we estimate the convergence rate of wages across Kazakh regions for the period 2003-2009. The … estimated convergence rate is about 3% which is somewhat higher than estimates obtained for the USA and Europe. At the same time … there is slight divergence in the GRP per capita. It is argued that convergence in wages which coincides with divergence in …