On pro-poor growth and the measurement of convergence

Zoya Nissanov; Jacques Silber

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2009.07.019

On pro-poor growth and the measurement of convergence

Zoya Nissanov, Jacques Silber

Department of Economics

Bar-Ilan University

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Abstract

This paper suggests decomposing the β coefficient of a β-convergence analysis into three components, two of them checking whether there was σ-convergence and whether "pure mobility" was pro-poor. It appears that during the 1983-1995 period growth in Israel was pro-poor.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	270-272
Number of pages	3
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	105
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2009.07.019
State	Published - Dec 2009

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The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Adar Foundation of the Department of Economics at Bar-Ilan University.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Adar Foundation of the Department of Economics at Bar-Ilan University.

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Adar Foundation of the Department of Economics at Bar-Ilan University

Keywords

Convergence
Galton's fallacy
Israel
Pro-poor growth

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