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This book introduces a modern framework to study the cross-country convergence dynamics of labor productivity and its proximate sources: capital accumulation and aggregate efficiency.
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Across ASEAN regions, almost 60 percent of the differences in GDP per capita can be predicted by a luminosity-based measure of GDP. Based on this measure, regional inequality within most countries has not significantly decreased, spatial dependence is increasing, and spatial clusters (hotspots and coldspots) cross multiple national boundaries.
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Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science, 4(2)

Results from the distributional convergence approach indicate the existence of two local convergence clusters within the overall and pure efficiency distributions.
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Economies, 7(3)

The paper incorporates some recent developments from the unsupervised machine learning literature to re-evaluate the cross-country convergence hypothesis in a context beyond GDP. The application of a distribution-based clustering algorithm suggests the formation of three local convergence clubs.
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Using a novel dataset, we analysis the spatio-temporal dynamics of income per capita across 34 provinces and 514 districts in Indonesia …
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By applying a non-linear dynamic factor model, this article tests the club convergence hypothesis using a novel dataset of income at …
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This book introduces a modern framework to study the cross-country convergence dynamics of labor productivity and its proximate …
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Across ASEAN regions, almost 60 percent of the differences in GDP per capita can be predicted by a luminosity-based measure of GDP. …
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This paper studies regional convergence and spatial dependence of homicides and personal injuries in Colombia. In particular, through …
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Except for aggregate efficiency, we reject the hypothesis that all provinces would eventually converge to a common steady-state path in …
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Relative to the US, labor productivity of the median country has been mostly stagnant, while cross-country disparities have drastically …
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The 57th Annual Meeting of the Japan Section of the Regional Science Association International
Dec 13, 2020 4:10 PM Virtual Conference
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The 31st Annual Conference of the Japan Society for International Development
Dec 6, 2020 12:00 AM Virtual Conference
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The Applied Regional Science Conference (ARSC) 34th Annual Meeting
Nov 28, 2020 1:00 PM Virtual Conference
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The 2020 Fall Meeting of the Japan Association of Applied Economics (JAAE)
Nov 20, 2020 11:10 AM Virtual Conference
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The 57th/2020 Annual Conference of the Japan Society of Social Science on Latin America )
Nov 15, 2020 11:10 AM Virtual Conference
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