RT Generic
T1 Demographic change and regional convergence in Canada
A1 Geloso,Vincent
A1 Kufenko,Vadim
A1 Prettner,Klaus
WP 2016/07/12
AB We examine the role of demographic change for regional convergence in living standards in Canada. Due to economies of scale within a family, decreasing household size has an impact on convergence in living standards, while per capita income convergence remains unaffected. We find that, by relying on per capita income, the dispersion of living standards between Canadian regions is overestimated prior to the 1990s and underestimated thereafter. As a consequence, relying on income per capita results in overestimating the speed of convergence in living standards.
K1 Kanada
K1 Bevölkerungsentwicklung
K1 Lebensstandard
PP Hohenheim
PB Kommunikations-, Informations- und Medienzentrum der Universität Hohenheim
UL http://opus.uni-hohenheim.de/volltexte/2016/1243