results suggest no evidence on income convergence across cities during the period 1984-2003. We find that cities with …

and corruption. East Germany’s early experience of rapid wage and income, but not productivity, convergence raised fears …, the prospects for East German convergence are now more promising. …

incomes in order to determine the degree of convergence at the level of the eight regional uthorities. The inter …

development of South Africa's largest cities. Our local economic growth empirics show some indications of conditional convergence … convergence was found but this was driven by declines in the standard deviation of per capita income amongst the poorest quintile … of towns. An estimate of conditional beta convergence of 1.2 percent over the period 1990-2000 confirms that overall …

The experiences of 259 regions in 21 European countries with within country GDP per capita and labour productivity … development. Since regions are the only historical examples of restructuring in currency unions, we therefore also argue for a …

The experiences of 259 regions in 21 European countries with within country GDP per capita and labour productivity … development. Since regions are the only historical examples of restructuring in currency unions, we therefore also argue for a …

considered the most useful indicator to measure the progress in terms of regional convergence. This indicator is also used to … determine the «eligibility» of the lagging regions to receive funds from the Structural Funds (particularly the «Objective 1 …» regions). It is also used to evaluate regional successes. Nevertheless, the progress towards a higher regional economic and …

The experiences of 259 regions in 21 European countries with within country GDP per capita and labour productivity … development. Since regions are the only historical examples of restructuring in currency unions, we therefore also argue for a …

. It focuses on the effects of EU spending on the convergence process across Italian regions from 1996 to 2007. The … assigning greater finance to the more backward regions, on the other hand, we reveal that the beneficiary regions have managed …