CONVERGENCE AND DIVERGENCE IN REGIONAL HOUSEHOLD INCOMES PER HEAD IN THE UNITED-KINGDOM, 1984-93

This paper examines the sigma-convergence of regional household income s in the UK and finds support for the idea that regions in the UK have , in the recent past, tended to diverge during booms and converge duri ng slumps. A new way of presenting the change in the distribution of r egional incomes is offered. The results are extended to the considerat ion of movements in the higher moments of the underlying distributions .