Author: Sung Jin Kang

Source: Applied Economics, Volume 36, Number 3, February 20, 2004 , pp. 253-259(7)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract:

Using data on per capita income of Japan's 47 prefectures between 1955 and 1997, this paper shows that one of the most popular measurements of convergence, -convergence, is not invariant with both transformation and definition of dispersion. Measured by the standard deviation, the actual per capita income has diverged, whereas measured by the coefficients of variation, it has converged since 1955. The log of per capita income and relative income of all prefectures to Tokyo, however, have converged regardless of the measurement of dispersion. In addition, through the estimation of density function and transition matrix, the intradistribution dynamics of each prefecture's per capita income is identified.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0003684042000175352

Affiliations: 1: Department of Economics Korea University 1, 5-ka, Anam-dong Sungbuk-Ku Seoul 136-701 Republic of Korea, Email: sjkang@korea.ac.jp

Publication date: 2004-02-01

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