On the measurement of sigma-convergence

Authors
Dalgaard, CJ Vastrup, J
Citation
Cj. Dalgaard et J. Vastrup, On the measurement of sigma-convergence, ECON LETT, 70(2), 2001, pp. 283-287
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Economics
Journal title
ECONOMICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
01651765 → ACNP
Volume
70
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
283 - 287
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-1765(200102)70:2<283:OTMOS>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
We demonstrate that two popular measures of inequality related to the discu ssion of sigma -convergence lead to different conclusions when used on data from Penn World Table. The reason is that the measures assign different we ights to individual countries' growth performance. (C) 2001 Elsevier Scienc e B.V. All rights reserved.