According to Barro and Sala-i-Martin, if all regions are converging to the same level of steady state, β-convergence is indicated. Barro and Sala-i-Martin [22] found that the process of convergence in European countries is similar to that in the United States and reaches about 2% a ...
The UK is a Western European nation. It has three devolved regions: Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. National policy always applies to England, but applies to different degrees in each devolved region. Children aged 3–4 years in all regions are entitled to 15 h/week in EEC (due to...