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On the Measurement of Regional Convergence in Inequality and Welfare

In: Economic Well-Being and Inequality: Papers from the Fifth ECINEQ Meeting

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  • Adelaide P. S. Duarte
  • Jacques Silber
  • João Sousa Andrade
  • Marta C. N. Simões

Abstract

This paper extends a methodology proposed by Nissanov and Silber (2009) who decomposed the coefficientβused in convergence analysis into three components checking respectively whether there wasσ-convergence, whether ‘pure mobility’ (upward or downward income mobility) was lower among the poor and what the extent of ‘residual mobility’ (the third component) was. The present paper extends this analysis by applying it to the analysis of regional per capita income levels but also to that of within regions inequality and regional welfare levels. The empirical illustration uses Portuguese data on average earnings at the level of NUTS3.

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  • Adelaide P. S. Duarte & Jacques Silber & João Sousa Andrade & Marta C. N. Simões, 2014. "On the Measurement of Regional Convergence in Inequality and Welfare," Research on Economic Inequality, in: Economic Well-Being and Inequality: Papers from the Fifth ECINEQ Meeting, volume 22, pages 323-349, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:reinzz:s1049-258520140000022010
    DOI: 10.1108/S1049-258520140000022010
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    Keywords

    β-convergence; σ-convergence; inequality; NUTS3; Portugal; welfare; O18; O47; P46;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
    • O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
    • P46 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Other Economic Systems - - - Consumer Economics; Health; Education and Training; Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty

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