-central and the central regions of the country. On the contrary, in states where the degree of co-movement between state and …We estimate the degree of co-movement and cyclical synchronization of formal employment across Mexican states. As a … Seguro Social (IMSS) in each state between July 1997 and December 2011. We find that Mexican states are highly heterogeneous …

employment across Mexican states. As a measure of formal employment we use the number of workers with permanent contracts … states are highly heterogeneous with respect to the degree of employment comovement and the association between the state and … national employment. Only in 11 of the 32 states we find that fluctuations in state employment are highly synchronized between …

employment across Mexican states. As a measure of formal employment we use the number of workers with permanent contracts … states are highly heterogeneous with respect to the degree of employment comovement and the association between the state and … national employment. Only in 11 of the 32 states we find that fluctuations in state employment are highly synchronized between …

period in Russian regions there existed un- conditional beta-convergence, poor regions grew faster than rich ones. This …The paper considers the influence of federal government expenditures and transfers on interregional convergence in … paper shows that in this period inequality of Russian regions in GRP per capita and wages was diminishing. In the given …

regions. Using data for 1992-2001, we find strong sigma divergence simultaneously with beta convergence. he results indicate … that per capita income in Russian regions may be converging towards two separate steady states.The poorest regions seem to …This empirical note uses publicly available Goskomstat data to investigate income growth and convergence across Russian …

converged significantly across European regions and this convergence has been built on a series of structural and institutional … studies finding little regional convergence since 1985, social cohesion has been virtually ignored. This article tries to … cover this gap by asking the question of whether regional convergence in social welfare, measured by Amartya Sen’s welfare …

period in Russian regions there existed unconditional $\beta$-convergence, poor regions grew faster than rich ones. This …The paper considers the influence of federal government expenditures and transfers on interregional convergence in … paper shows that in this period inequality of Russian regions in GRP per capita and wages was diminishing. In the given …