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Record Nr.

UNINA9910468240903321

Autore

Méndez Carlos

Titolo

Convergence clubs in labor productivity and its proximate sources : evidence from developed and developing countries / / Carlos Mendez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

981-15-8629-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XII, 67 p. 39 illus., 36 illus. in color.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Economics

Disciplina

658.314

Soggetti

Labor productivity

Convergence (Economics)

Economic development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1 Introduction -- 2 The Data: Productivity and Capital Differences across Countries and over Time -- 3 Two Complementary Frameworks to Study Convergence Clubs -- 4 Convergence Clubs in Labor Productivity -- 5 Convergence Clubs in Physical and Human Capital -- 6 Convergence Clubs in Total Factor Productivity -- 7 Accounting for Convergence Clubs -- 8 Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Testing for economic convergence across countries has been a central issue in the literature of economic growth and development. This book introduces a modern framework to study the cross-country convergence dynamics in labor productivity and its proximate sources: capital accumulation and aggregate efficiency. In particular, recent convergence dynamics of developed as well as developing countries are evaluated through the lens of a non-linear dynamic factor model and a clustering algorithm for panel data. This framework allows us to examine key economic phenomena such as technological heterogeneity and multiple equilibria. In this context, the book provides a succinct review of the recent club convergence literature, a comparative view of developed and developing countries, and a tutorial on how to implement the club convergence framework in the statistical software Stata.