Introduction and preliminaries -- Skilled and unskilled labor -- Natural and reproducible capital -- Capital and labor -- An endogenous technology framework -- Skilled labor, unskilled labor, and experience over time -- Skills and capital over time and across countries -- Conclusions

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction and Preliminaries -- Part I. Technology Differences Across Space -- Part II. Interpreting Technology Differences -- Part III. Technology Differences over Time -- Appendix A. Proofs and Calculations -- Appendix B. A New Data Set on Mincerian...

The authors revisit Western Europe's record with labor productivity convergence and tentatively extrapolate its implications for the future path of Eastern Europe. The poorer Western European countries caught up with the richer ones through both higher rates of physical capital accumulation and...