Empirical evidence about income convergence among regions and countries is inconclusive and it is necessary to clarify … the economic and institutional conditions for convergence. We investigate movements in the income distribution among … development. The convergence towards a narrower unimodal distribution of per capita income is convincing in this homogenous …

within a regional convergence model. It focuses on vertically connected industrial sectors, which can emerge parallel to … while taking regional convergence into consideration. In addition to the all-German process of convergence and the specific … opportunity to explain deficits within the process of East-West convergence. The relative absence of industrial clusters in East …

activity. Yet little empirical work has assessed the regional convergence impacts of trade. Therefore this paper studies the … regional convergence from trade in Mexico after NAFTA. Unlike previous papers, working with municipal-level data allows to … observe more clearly the convergence patterns across space and to identify the effect of NAFTA, respectively. Result shows …

-fertility regime. Visually, the two peaks moved closer together. For the low fertility-group we find both ?- and ?- convergence but we … cannot establish any convergence pattern for the high fertility regime. Overall our findings are difficult to reconcile with …

convergence phenomenon. This is a concept that describes the trend of blurring boundaries between the traditionally distinct ICT … driving force behind this convergence phenomenon is that of efficiency. It necessitates the need to rethink the current … adequately address convergence phenomenon. The paper recommends effective, workable and consistent proposals on how to address …

This paper studies the convergence in the European Union on Purchasing Power Parity. Firstly, we develop a method for … period January 1995 to July 2003. Secondly, convergence is studied using distribution dynamics from the continuous and … discrete approximations. Results show some slow convergence in the European Union. Keywords: Purchasing Power Parity …

, the central idea of regional policy, which defines community convergence tools, would be questioned. Results show … of the region’s natural resources. Key Words: Structural Funds; Ex-post Evaluation; Convergence; Input-Output; Cross …

stimulate growth in the less developed countries. In fact, according to our estimates, with an annual β-convergence of 2% in …