The topic of convergence is at the heart of a wide-ranging debate in the growth literature. Empirical studies of … convergence differ widely in their theoretical backgrounds, empirical specifications and in their treatment of cross …-sectional heterogeneity. Despite these differences, a rate of convergence of about 2% has been found under a variety of different conditions …

How does global aging affect the convergence in global economic development? Both the developing and developed world …

The extent of beta- and sigma-convergence of average labor productivity across manufacturing industries in 18 OECD … correlated with the extent of convergence. …

This paper provides an empirical analysis of energy- and labour-productivity convergence at a detailed sectoral level … for 14 OECD countries, covering the period 1970-1997. A fã-convergence analysis shows that the development of cross …-country variation in productivity performance depends on the level of aggregation. Both patterns of convergence as well as divergence …

simulation experiments(over a 20-year period) to quantify the importance of convergence, household fixed effectsand shocks. First …, we find powerful convergence. In the absence of shocks and withouthousehold fixed effects there is rapid growth over the …

in neoclassical convergence models and derive 57 comparable effect sizes. The data suggest that an increase in the net … net migration impact that is more consistent with endogenous self-reinforcing growth rather than neoclassical convergence …