A method for analyzing productivity convergence based on frontier production functions is proposed. It is examined whether departures from the frontier|country{level ineciencies|exhibit long{run relationships and convergence. The method is applied to 1-digit industries of 14 OECD countries from...

The empirical growth literature has focused on capital accumulation but largely ignored productivity growth. To address this imbalance, we propose a methodology for analyzing productivity convergence based on frontier production functions. We examine whether departures from the frontier are...

An empirical investigation of the relationship between marriage and wages, arguing that marriage signals certain unobservable individual characteristics - including ability, honesty, loyalty, dependability, and determination - which are valued by employers, and that failure to control for the...