This paper investigates convergence in social indicators among Colombian departments from 1973 to 2005. We use census … estimators). Using literacy rate as a proxy for education, we find convergence between 1973 and 2005, but persistence in the …. Additionally, using data from Demographic and Health Surveys, we find convergence in the rate of children that are well …

This paper investigates convergence in social indicators among Colombian departments from 1973 to 2005. We use census … estimators). Using literacy rate as a proxy for education, we find convergence between 1973 and 2005, but persistence in the …. Additionally, using data from Demographic and Health Surveys, we find convergence in the rate of children that are well …

long-run real income convergence and derive 67 comparable effect sizes. The precision-weighted estimate of beta convergence … is more consistent with endogenous self-reinforcing growth than with neoclassical convergence. Introducing a net … migration variable in a growth regression increases the estimate of beta convergence slightly. Studies that use panel models or …

Since the beginning of the 1990s, the issue of income convergence has received considerable attention in economic … scarce. The present paper is an attempt to provide additional information on the spatial aspect of convergence. Spatial … econometric methods are used to investigate regional convergence in West Germany. The results indicate that spatial interaction is …