Income distribution dynamics and cross-region convergence in Europe |
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| Authors: | Manfred M Fischer Peter Stumpner |
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| Institution: | (1) Institute for Economic Geography and GIScience, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Nordbergstr. 15/4/A, 1090 Vienna, Austria |
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| Abstract: | This paper presents a continuous version of the model of distribution dynamics to analyse the transition dynamics and implied
long-run behaviour of the EU-27 NUTS-2 regions over the period 1995–2003. It departs from previous research in two respects:
first, by introducing kernel estimation and three-dimensional stacked conditional density plots as well as highest density regions
plots for the visualisation of the transition function, based on Hyndman et al. (J Comput Graph Stat 5(4):315–336, 1996), and second, by combining Getis’ spatial filtering view with kernel estimation to explicitly account for the spatial dimension of the
growth process. The results of the analysis indicate a very slow catching-up of the poorest regions with the richer ones,
a process of shifting away of a small group of very rich regions, and highlight the importance of geography in understanding
regional income distribution dynamics.
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| Keywords: | Regional income Distribution dynamics Stochastic kernel estimation Spatial filtering EU-27 |
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