Testing for Distributional Divergence in the Pillars of Global Sustainable Development

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Carlos Mendez
Carlos Mendez
Associate Professor of Development Economics

My research interests focus on the integration of macroeconomics, spatial data science, and econometrics to understand and inform the process of sustainable development across subnational regions and countries.

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Schooling Ain’t Learning in Europe: A Club Convergence Perspective
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Regional convergence and spatial dependence in Thailand: Global and local assessments
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Regional convergence and spatial dependence in Thailand: Global and local assessments
Economic and social disparities across subnational regions of South America: A spatial convergence approach
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Sectoral productivity convergence, input-output structure, and network communities in Japan
We study sectoral productivity convergence in Japan through the input-output structure of the economy and its network representation.
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Provincial income convergence clubs in Indonesia: Identification and conditioning factors
This study evaluates the regional convergence hypothesis at the provincial level during the recent deindustrialization period 2001–2017 of Indonesia.
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Provincial income convergence clubs in Indonesia: Identification and conditioning factors