Labour productivity growth trending downward even before the crisis
Productivity gaps between frontier firms and other firms are widening
Country convergence has been accompanied by divergence of regions within countries
As metro areas across countries converged, metro areas within countries diverged
Income inequality increased in most OECDÂ countries, but the crisis halted the trend in some countries
Productivity growth of frontier regions in a country outpaces that of most other regions
Patterns of catching up and divergence differ across countries
The top 50 OECD regions for productivity growth tend to be in countries with a strong frontier
The frontier does not necessarily stimulate catching-up dynamics in all regions
Castile-La Mancha has one of the fastest growing knowledge-intensive service sectors in Europe