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ProfessorJonathanHaskel

Business School

Chair in Economics
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 8563j.haskel Website CV

 
 
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Assistant

 

Ms Donna Sutherland-Smith +44 (0)20 7594 1916

 
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Location

 

296Business School BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Haskel:2016,
author = {Haskel, J},
journal = {International Productivity Monitor},
pages = {111--117},
title = {Do poor countries catch up to rich countries? Review article on productivity convergence: theory and evidence by Edward Wolff},
url = {http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000379155100007&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202},
volume = {30},
year = {2016}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - This article provides a detailed review of Edward Wolff’s Productivity Convergence: Theoryand Evidence. Wolff examines the long run productivity growth and convergence experienceof a variety of countries from across the world. Wolff’s main contribution is the definition oftwo general classes of forces of convergence. He delineates “strong” forces of productivityconvergence, such as the catch-up effect, capital formation, and education, from “weak”forces  contributing  to  convergence  like  international  trade,  economic  geography,  andregulation. While some of the individual forces of convergence may switch categories asnew  research  emerges,  the  categorization  remains  highly  relevant.  The  focus  onconvergence suggests that non-frontier countries may not yet be in dire straits as a resultof the purported recent productivity slowdown, as productivity growth may well still comefrom forces of convergence for years to come.
AU  - Haskel,J
EP  - 117
PY  - 2016///
SN  - 1492-9759
SP  - 111
TI  - Do poor countries catch up to rich countries? Review article on productivity convergence: theory and evidence by Edward Wolff
T2  - International Productivity Monitor
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000379155100007&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/53645
VL  - 30
ER  -
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