A Simple Measure of Beta-Convergence

Gerard Boyle and Thomas Mccarthy

Economics Department Working Paper Series from Department of Economics, National University of Ireland - Maynooth

Abstract: We propose a simple measure of beta-convergence which is not subject to Galton's fallacy. We illustrate our measure with OECD data for the period 1950-1988. We find evidence of sigma-convergence but little or no indication of beta-convergence over the period.

Keywords: Beta Convergence; Sigma Convergence; Ranking; Income Distributions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O40 O50 O51 O52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 8 pages
Date: 1995
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