Since the early 1990s, there have been larger and increasing labor productivity differences across industries in Japan. More specifically, a clear pattern of sigma and beta divergence across industries is observed. To shed light on these stylized facts, we first evaluate the input-output...

The cross-country convergence hypothesis is one of the central topics of long-run macroeconomics. This paper revisits this hypothesis in a context beyond GDP. It uses a novel welfare index that incorporates measures of consumption, leisure, life expectancy, and inequality. Based on a sample of...

The study contributes in a first exploratory level to the understanding of the phenomenon of entrepreneurial continuity in Colombia. The integration of the methodologies used in the project becomes a contribution to research. Factorial analysis is complemented with the analysis of relations,...