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The focus is to examine if sectoral productivity convergence helps achieve per capita output convergence at the country level among Asian nations.

April 4, 2026Open Access

Dose sectoral productivity convergence promote per capita output convergence in the the country level across Asian countries?

隆松隆松木

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The focus is to examine if sectoral productivity convergence helps achieve per capita output convergence at the country level among Asian nations.
Analyzed per capita output patterns in selected Asian countries
Identified sectoral productivity trends influencing overall economic convergence
Discussed growth determinants like trade and human capital affecting productivity
Confirmed per capita output convergence among Asian Tigers
Observed converging tendencies in countries like India and Indonesia
Identified growth determinants that strengthen the relationship between sectoral productivity and per capita output

Abstract

Per capita output convergence is confirmed across some Asian countries such as the "Asian Tigers", i.e., Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan ( Matsuki, 1) .In addition, some other countries such as India, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand show converging tendencies toward long-run convergence in the sense of asymptotically relative convergence.This paper examines whether sectoral productivity convergence across these countries contributes in achieving per capita output convergence at the aggregate ( whole country ) level.We also discuss which industrys growth trend is more influential to the aggregate level convergence.Moreover, we try to identify possible growth determinants, such as international trade, macroeconomic stability, government expenditure, human capital accumulation, TFP, and ICT, promoting sectoral productivity convergence and strengthening causality relationships from sectoral productivity convergence to per capita output convergence at the whole country level.

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