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The Productivity Convergence Debate: A Theoretical and Methodological Reconsideration

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  • Elmslie, Bruce
  • Milberg, William

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Two fundamental issues which have been ignored in the convergence debate are addressed in this paper. First, there has been little attention paid to the development of a general model which is able to explain convergence or divergence. Second, in the rush to put data to a convergence hypothesis, researchers have failed to consider certain methodological procedures with respect to the treatment of capital. To remedy this problem we use an input-output approach to measure catch-up. To address the theoretical lacunae we present case studies of Portugal and Japan, two countries which by 1959 had attained the threshold level of development required to join the 'convergence club', but which, for various historical (path-dependent) reasons, have diverged rapidly from each other in the period since the late 1950s. (c) 1996 Academic Press Limited Copyright 1996 by Oxford University Press.

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  • Elmslie, Bruce & Milberg, William, 1996. "The Productivity Convergence Debate: A Theoretical and Methodological Reconsideration," Cambridge Journal of Economics, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 20(2), pages 153-182, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:cambje:v:20:y:1996:i:2:p:153-82
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    1. -, 2004. "The convergent/divergent economic trajectories of Puerto Rico and the United States," Sede Subregional de la CEPAL para el Caribe (Estudios e Investigaciones) 27559, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).
    2. Nadia Garbellini & Ariel Luis Wirkierman, 2014. "Productivity Accounting in Vertically (Hyper-)integrated Terms: Bridging the Gap between Theory and Empirics," Metroeconomica, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 65(1), pages 154-190, February.
    3. Wirkierman, Ariel Luis, 2022. "Productivity homogenisation trends of six advanced industrial economies: A vertically hyper-integrated approach," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 495-511.
    4. Wirkierman, Ariel Luis, 2023. "Structural economic dynamics in actual industrial economies," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, vol. 64(C), pages 245-262.

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