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Convergence Across Italian Regions and the Role of Technological Catch-Up
The paper suggests that the main and possibly unique source of â− and ó− convergence in GDP per worker (i.e. labor productivity) across Italian regions over the 1980-2000 period is the change in technical and allocative efficiency.
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ftp://ftp.igier.uni-bocconi.it/wp/2004/274.pdf