this imbalance, we propose a methodology for analyzing productivity convergence based on frontier production functions. We …The empirical growth literature has focused on capital accumulation but largely ignored productivity growth. To address … importance of efficiency changes for economic growth. Using a sample of 26 OECD countries from 1965-90, we find convergence and …

A method for analyzing productivity convergence based on frontier production functions is proposed. It is examined …

Euro area countries exhibited modest convergence prior to the financial crisis and diverged thereafter. Such divergence … countries productive resources were misallocated to less efficient and lower productivity sectors. In order to distinguish … countries. This might then explain in part the modest convergence and then divergence of euro area countries. …

, we suggest that the convergence based on the productivity, can be assisted by a reinforcement of supply-side measures …

, we suggest that the convergence based on the productivity, can be assisted by a reinforcement of supply-side measures …

tests for convergence amongst regions, providing forecasts for farm productivity growth to the year 2040. The results …There is considerable interest in projections of future productivity growth in agriculture. Whether one is interested …, deforestation and ecological diversity, the rate of productivity growth in agriculture is an essential input. Yet solid projections …

to quantify the extent to which factor accumulation induces structural change and productivity growth in industrializing … many countries. We conclude that the productivity gains through labour re-allocation are potentially a significant …

advanced economies. We examine the extent of this convergence in the Czech Republic and Russia, economies that represent …