Este trabajo analiza si ha habido un proceso convergente en la productividad del trabajo en el sector agrario de la Unión Europea (UE), para un conjunto de 125 regiones en el periodo 1986-2004. Para su estudio se propone un modelo dinámico de datos de panel. Los resultados confirman que las...

This paper focuses on several different measures of OECD countries’ energy intensity levels, plots their trends, applies a number of techniques to determine whether those intensities are converging, explores the importance of that convergence, and estimates the future steady-state or long-run...

This paper deals with the changes of aged dependency and aged-child ratios across the administrative districts of South Korea between 1992 and 2010. South Korea faces the most rapidly aging population at present. However, the generational imbalance is highly differentbetween the districts. The...

Using intradistribution dynamics and panel unit root tests, this study considers the economic convergence processes of 53 African countries during the period 1950–2008. The stochastic evidence reveals no global convergence among African countries but provides indications of convergence...