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A Nonparametric Analysis of Income Convergence Across the US States

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Johnson, Paul () (Vassar College Department of Economics)

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In this paper I apply the nonparametric methods proposed by Quah to data on US state relative income levels. In contrast to Quah’s results using cross-country data I find no evidence of polarization in the cross-state income distribution. The long-run density implied by the estimates is strongly unimodal. This finding is consistent with the results of previous analyses of convergence in state income levels using other methods.

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Paper provided by Vassar College Department of Economics in its series Vassar College Department of Economics Working Paper Series with number 46.

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Publication status: Published in Economics Letters, 2000, 69:219-23.
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