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- Title
A NOTE ON THE EXTENT OF U.S. REGIONAL INCOME CONVERGENCE.
- Authors
Holmes, Mark J.; Otero, Jesús; Panagiotidis, Theodore
- Abstract
Long-run income convergence is investigated in the U.S. context. We employ a novel pairwise econometric procedure based on a probabilistic definition of convergence. The time-series properties of all the possible regional income pairs are examined by means of unit root and non-cointegration tests, where inference is based on the fraction of rejections. We distinguish between the cases of strong convergence, where the implied cointegrating vector is [1, −1], and weak convergence, where long-run homogeneity is relaxed. To address cross-sectional dependence, we employ a bootstrap methodology to derive the empirical distribution of the fraction of rejections. We find supporting evidence of U.S. states sharing a common stochastic trend consistent with a definition of convergence based on long-run forecasts of state incomes being proportional rather than equal. We find that the strength of convergence between states decreases with distance and initial income disparity. Using Metropolitan Statistical Area data, evidence for convergence is stronger.
- Subjects
UNITED States; INCOME inequality; ECONOMIC convergence; LONG run (Economics); PROBABILISTIC number theory; COINTEGRATION; STATISTICAL bootstrapping; STANDARD metropolitan statistical areas
- Publication
Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2014, Vol 18, Issue 7, p1635
- ISSN
1365-1005
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S1365100513000060