In its comparison of average per-capita GDP growth rates to initial level of per capita GDP, conditional convergence usually controls for any or all of the following variables except

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Conditional convergence theory typically controls for variables like saving rates, population growth rates, human capital development, and capital stock increments to explain differences in per-capita GDP growth rates among countries, but it does not usually control for fiscal policy directly.

In Its Comparison of Average Per-Capita GDP Growth Rates to Initial