A nonparametric analysis of the personal income distribution across the provinces and states in the U.S. and Canada

• Yibing WANG ^[1]
  1. [1] Shandong University

     Shandong University

     China

     
• Localización: Estudios Economicos Regionales y Sectoriales : EERS: Regional and sectoral economic studies : RSES, ISSN 1578-4460, Vol. 4, Nº. 1, 2004, págs. 5-24
• Idioma: inglés
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  • A nonparametric stochastic kernel and Markov transition probability matrixes are used in this paper to investigate the per capita personal income distribution and how it evolved over the period 1950 - 2000 across the 59 provinces and states in the U.S. and Canada. Empirical evidence confirms club convergence (multi-modality) of the per capita personal income levels across the provinces and states in the U.S. and Canada over the entire study period.