Using a micro database of Tunisian firms, the paper investigates the dynamics of productivity growth, employment and …-off between employment growth and productivity as it appears that the sectors (services) and firms (the biggest) that create the … most jobs are not those characterized by the highest productivity growth. Moreover, we find evidence of a week contribution …

distribution dynamics approach in order to analyse the role of some variables in the convergence of productivity across European … regions over the period 1980-2002. We find that the initial productivity crucially accounts in the convergence process across … European regions. Differently, employment growth seems not to play a role, while the Structural and Cohesion Funds seem to play …

Economic integration and globalization are expected to promote economic growth and convergence. This article offers a … convergence literature aims to establish whether catching-up processes have been successful. This article verifies the existence … become fewer and larger. However, growth path divergences persist and suggest a cluster-based convergence. Integration …

to create enough good jobs. Structural transformation - the relative growth of employment in high productivity sectors … responsiveness of employment to growth. The role of development aid in this context is problematic. Across Africa more aid went to … countries with a low employment intensity of growth. The paper proposes a new approach to aid and poverty in Africa, one that …