convergence during the 1990s. In a few CEER countries, notably the Czech Republic and Hungary, ICT production contributed more to … considerably lower than in the U.S.. The paper argues that the convergence process between CEER countries and the EU-15 is … characterized by two phases. In the first “restructuring” phase, convergence has been driven by enterprise restructuring in …

productive. The formers’ convergence could therefore constitute an important part of productivity growth at the macroeconomic … level. This article sheds light on this convergence process in the 1990s and the 2000s in France and on some of the factors … which can explain it. Productivity convergence was stronger for labour productivity than for total factor productivity. But …