@techreport{29ff4c87035f451e98457ed5d9315a7d,
title = "A new approach for analysing income convergence across countries",
abstract = "In this paper we develop a coherent framework that integrates both traditional measures of b-convergence and s-convergence within a study of cross-country income dynamics. To do this we exploit the close links that exist between studies of income convergence and studies analysing the progressivity of the tax system. Our framework offers a simple algebraic decomposition of s-convergence as the combined effect of b-convergence and leapfrogging among countries. We illustrate our approach using data for the period 1960-2000.",
author = "{Van Kerm}, Philippe and Donal O'Neill",
year = "2004",
language = "English",
series = "IRISS Working Papers",
publisher = "CEPS/INSTEAD",
number = "2004-03",
type = "WorkingPaper",
institution = "CEPS/INSTEAD",
}