Essays about: "sigma-convergence"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the word sigma-convergence.
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1. The Unification of Germany and Regional Economic Convergence: Evidence from Real Wage Data, 1850-1889
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis studies the regional development of Germany in the 19th century, examining whether there was an increased tendency toward economic convergence between the German states following the country’s unification. Through a quantitative analysis using real wage data on various German cities and regions covering the period 1850-1889, the study looks for evidence of beta-convergence both before and after the unification of 1871, as well as evidence for sigma-convergence during the whole period. READ MORE
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2. Convergence of CO2 emissions in the Americas
University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, NationalekonomiAbstract : Maintaining global warming to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels is vital. Whether the convergence hypothesis holds for carbon dioxide emissions is important for policymakers facing this issue. This paper investigates the convergence behavior of carbon dioxide emissions for 39 countries in the Americas from 1960-2016. READ MORE
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3. Increasingly unequal? Convergence of real wages in the EU
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : The European union has taken steps to remove obstacles for labor mobility and per neoclassical economic theory this should lead to an equalisation of the real wages through an increase in labor mobility. Real wages is an important indicator of welfare and the equalisation process is called convergence by economists. READ MORE
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4. Convergence in Income Per Capita in the EMU Regions: An empirical investigation of sigma and beta convergence
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : There are large differences in income level and growth across the members of the European and Monetary Union, and the differences are even larger at a regional level. As integration intensifies an important question is whether the disparities in terms of per capita incomes will diminish. READ MORE
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5. 21st Century Market Integration in China: An Analysis Based on The Average Wages of Urban Units at Provincial Level
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : Abstract: China is a huge country which had experienced economic booms since the last thirty years, while the country had become one of the world’s largest economies, its internal disorders arising from growing disparities between regions had become one of the important impediments for further growth and causes for social instability. At such stake, attentions were paid by the government around 2000 to encourage market integration. READ MORE
