Convergence of Productivity

William J. Baumol is Professor of Economics at New York University. Richard R. Nelson is Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. Edward N. Wolff is Professor of Economics at New York University.

A valuable contribution to our understanding of convergence as an empirical phenomenon.

• Contributors Part I. General Patterns of Convergence 1: William J. Baumol, Richard R. Nelson, and Edward N. Wolf: Introduction: The Convergence of Productivity, Its Significance, and Its Varied Connotations 2: Angus Maddison: Explaining the Economic Performance of Nations, 1820-1989 3: William J. Baumol: Multivariate Growth Patterns: Contagion and Common Forces as Possible Sources of Convergence 4: Moses Abramovitz: Catch-up and Convergence in the Postwar Growth Boom and After Part II. Technological Leadership 5: Richard R. Nelson and Gavin Wright: The Erosion of U.S. Technological Leadership as a Factor in Postwar Economic Convergence 6: William Lazonick: Social Organization and Technological Leadership Part III. What Lies Behind Convergence? 7: David Dollar and Edward N. Wolff: Capital Intensity and TFP Convergence by Industry in Manufacturing, 1963-1985 8: Frank R. Lichtenberg: Have International Differences in Educational Attainment Levels Narrowed? 9: Magnus Blomström, Robert E. Lipsey, and Mario Zejan: What Explains the Growth of Developing Contries? Part IV. The NICs and the LDCs 10: Magnus Blomström and Edward N. Wolff: Multinational Corporations and Productivity Convergence in Mexico 11: Takashi Hikino and Alice H. Amsden: Staying Behind, Stumbling Back, Sneaking Up, Soaring Ahead: Late Industrialization in Historical Perspective 12: Gregory K. Ingram: Social Indicators and Productivity Convergence in Developing Countries Index