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Cross-country growth and convergence: a semi-parametric analysis
This paper shows that convergence occurs among countries with very low and very high initial incomes, indicating that convergence clubs characterize the cross-country growth process. The results provide evidence for ...
Convergence in developing countries: evidence from panel unit root tests
Dynamic panel unit root tests are used to investigate the convergence hypothesis for a sample of developing countries. The data are real per capita GDP for the period 1960-95, covering 80 countries grouped into three broadly ...
Why do rates of β-convergence differ? A meta-regression analysis
The empirical convergence literature reports many different estimates of β-convergence. Narrative reviews of the convergence literature suggest possible reasons for the variation in β across studies, but such reviews are ...