O'Rourke, Kevin Hjortshøj; Williamson, Jeffrey G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996
World War I. Some, like the three Scandinavian economies, used industrialization to achieve a spectacular convergence on the … leaders, especially in real wages and living standards. Some, like Ireland, achieved convergence without industrialization … globalization was by far the dominant force accounting for convergence (and divergence) around the periphery. Some exploited it well …