This work analyzes the process of convergence of the per capita incomes of Mexico and the USA from 1954 to 2008. It was …-1982. It is then analyzed the process of convergence to see if the variables are co-integrated and to verify the stability of …, from 1954 to 1982, and the second, from 1992 to 2008. During the period 1954-1982, a process of absolute convergence …

We use U.S. county-level data to estimate convergence rates for 22 individual states. We find significant heterogeneity …. E.g., the California estimate is 19.9 percent and the New York estimate is 3.3 percent. Convergence rates are …

We use U.S. county-level data to estimate convergence rates for 22 individual states. We find significant heterogeneity …. E.g., the California estimate is 19.9 percent and the New York estimate is 3.3 percent. Convergence rates are … essentially uncorrelated with income levels. -- Economic Growth ; Conditional Convergence ; Heterogeneity ; U.S. County Level Data …