Class information for:
Level 1: REGIONAL CONVERGENCE//INCOME CONVERGENCE//DISTRIBUTION DYNAMICS

Basic class information
Class id #P Avg. number of
references		 Database coverage
of references
2004 2391 36.2 44%


Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Hierarchy of classes
The table includes all classes above and classes immediately below the current class.


Cluster id Level Cluster label #P
1 4 ECONOMICS//EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH//PSYCHOL 3876184
5 3       POLITICAL SCIENCE//INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS//REVUE FRANCAISE D HISTOIRE D OUTRE-MER 156065
119 2             ECONOMICS//ECON//ECONOMIC GROWTH 24456
2004 1                   REGIONAL CONVERGENCE//INCOME CONVERGENCE//DISTRIBUTION DYNAMICS 2391

Terms with highest relevance score


rank Term termType Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with term
in class
1 REGIONAL CONVERGENCE authKW 319199 2% 63% 40
2 INCOME CONVERGENCE authKW 265951 1% 77% 27
3 DISTRIBUTION DYNAMICS authKW 207956 1% 53% 31
4 BETA CONVERGENCE authKW 179808 1% 54% 26
5 ECONOMIC GROWTH authKW 168627 9% 6% 218
6 CONVERGENCE CLUBS authKW 159599 1% 63% 20
7 ECONOMICS WoSSC 146810 83% 1% 1993
8 HUMAN CAPITAL authKW 135130 7% 7% 163
9 CLUB CONVERGENCE authKW 131783 1% 61% 17
10 CONVERGENCE authKW 103717 10% 4% 233

Web of Science journal categories


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with term
in class
1 Economics 146810 83% 1% 1993
2 Planning & Development 13117 10% 0% 241
3 Geography 11880 10% 0% 251
4 Environmental Studies 10753 12% 0% 292
5 Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods 6494 7% 0% 157
6 Urban Studies 2314 3% 0% 83
7 Business, Finance 1343 4% 0% 89
8 History of Social Sciences 684 1% 0% 32
9 International Relations 596 2% 0% 55
10 Public Administration 363 1% 0% 34

Address terms


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 ECON 61757 29% 1% 705
2 PL ECON ECONOMETR 17024 0% 67% 2
3 PLANNING REG DEV 15728 1% 9% 13
4 ECON 2 14362 0% 38% 3
5 ECON GEOG GISCI 13872 0% 22% 5
6 ACCOUNTIN BUSINESS ECON FINANCE 12769 0% 100% 1
7 ACCOUNTING FINANCIAL 12769 0% 100% 1
8 AFRICAN GROWTH INITIAT 12769 0% 100% 1
9 ANAL ECON T ECON 12769 0% 100% 1
10 ANAL PROGRAM ECON 12769 0% 100% 1

Journals


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC GROWTH 48644 1% 13% 30
2 ANNALS OF REGIONAL SCIENCE 37152 3% 5% 62
3 REGIONAL STUDIES 34693 3% 3% 81
4 APPLIED ECONOMICS LETTERS 28164 4% 2% 106
5 PAPERS IN REGIONAL SCIENCE 25326 2% 5% 38
6 APPLIED ECONOMICS 16577 4% 1% 98
7 EMPIRICAL ECONOMICS 14920 2% 3% 36
8 ECONOMIC MODELLING 13695 3% 2% 60
9 ECONOMICS LETTERS 11637 4% 1% 94
10 JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECONOMETRICS 11563 1% 3% 33

Author Key Words


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class		 LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 REGIONAL CONVERGENCE 319199 2% 63% 40 Search REGIONAL+CONVERGENCE Search REGIONAL+CONVERGENCE
2 INCOME CONVERGENCE 265951 1% 77% 27 Search INCOME+CONVERGENCE Search INCOME+CONVERGENCE
3 DISTRIBUTION DYNAMICS 207956 1% 53% 31 Search DISTRIBUTION+DYNAMICS Search DISTRIBUTION+DYNAMICS
4 BETA CONVERGENCE 179808 1% 54% 26 Search BETA+CONVERGENCE Search BETA+CONVERGENCE
5 ECONOMIC GROWTH 168627 9% 6% 218 Search ECONOMIC+GROWTH Search ECONOMIC+GROWTH
6 CONVERGENCE CLUBS 159599 1% 63% 20 Search CONVERGENCE+CLUBS Search CONVERGENCE+CLUBS
7 HUMAN CAPITAL 135130 7% 7% 163 Search HUMAN+CAPITAL Search HUMAN+CAPITAL
8 CLUB CONVERGENCE 131783 1% 61% 17 Search CLUB+CONVERGENCE Search CLUB+CONVERGENCE
9 CONVERGENCE 103717 10% 4% 233 Search CONVERGENCE Search CONVERGENCE
10 REGIONAL GROWTH 100216 1% 22% 35 Search REGIONAL+GROWTH Search REGIONAL+GROWTH

Core articles
The table includes core articles in the class. The following variables is taken into account for the relevance score of an article in a cluster c:
(1) Number of references referring to publications in the class.
(2) Share of total number of active references referring to publications in the class.
(3) Age of the article. New articles get higher score than old articles.
(4) Citation rate, normalized to year.


Rank Reference # ref.
in cl.		 Shr. of ref. in
cl.		 Citations
1 ISLAM, N , (2003) WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT FROM THE CONVERGENCE DEBATE?.JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC SURVEYS. VOL. 17. ISSUE 3. P. 309 -362 71 68% 202
2 REY, SJ , JANIKAS, MV , (2005) REGIONAL CONVERGENCE, INEQUALITY, AND SPACE.JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY. VOL. 5. ISSUE 2. P. 155 -176 61 63% 96
3 DELGADO, MS , HENDERSON, DJ , PARMETER, CF , (2014) DOES EDUCATION MATTER FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH?.OXFORD BULLETIN OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS. VOL. 76. ISSUE 3. P. 334-359 36 86% 8
4 LIM, U , (2016) REGIONAL INCOME CLUB CONVERGENCE IN US BEA ECONOMIC AREAS: A SPATIAL SWITCHING REGRESSION APPROACH.ANNALS OF REGIONAL SCIENCE. VOL. 56. ISSUE 1. P. 273 -294 36 82% 0
5 LI, KW , ZHOU, XB , PAN, ZW , (2016) CROSS-COUNTRY OUTPUT CONVERGENCE AND GROWTH: EVIDENCE FROM VARYING COEFFICIENT NONPARAMETRIC METHOD.ECONOMIC MODELLING. VOL. 55. ISSUE . P. 32 -41 34 76% 1
6 OZCAN, B , (2014) DOES INCOME CONVERGE AMONG EU MEMBER COUNTRIES FOLLOWING THE POST-WAR PERIOD? EVIDENCE FROM THE PANKPSS TEST.ROMANIAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC FORECASTING. VOL. 17. ISSUE 3. P. 22 -38 37 77% 0
7 DOBSON, S , RAMLOGAN, C , STROBL, E , (2006) WHY DO RATES OF BETA-CONVERGENCE DIFFER? A META-REGRESSION ANALYSIS.SCOTTISH JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY. VOL. 53. ISSUE 2. P. 153-173 44 77% 12
8 AZOMAHOU, TT , EL OUARDIGHI, J , PHU, NV , THI, KCP , (2011) TESTING CONVERGENCE OF EUROPEAN REGIONS: A SEMIPARAMETRIC APPROACH.ECONOMIC MODELLING. VOL. 28. ISSUE 3. P. 1202 -1210 32 86% 7
9 CHAPMAN, SA , COSCI, S , MIRRA, L , (2012) INCOME DYNAMICS IN AN ENLARGED EUROPE: THE ROLE OF CAPITAL REGIONS.ANNALS OF REGIONAL SCIENCE. VOL. 48. ISSUE 3. P. 663 -693 31 79% 6
10 BORSI, MT , METIU, N , (2015) THE EVOLUTION OF ECONOMIC CONVERGENCE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION.EMPIRICAL ECONOMICS. VOL. 48. ISSUE 2. P. 657 -681 32 68% 4

Classes with closest relation at Level 1


Rank Class id link
1 30796 ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION//NORMALIZED CES PRODUCTION FUNCTION//CES PRODUCTION FUNCTION
2 5961 ENDOGENOUS GROWTH//INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS//RD
3 20600 MISALLOCATION//BIG PUSH//KALDOR FACTS
4 15048 KUZNETS HYPOTHESIS//INCOME DISTRIBUTION//KUZNETS CURVE
5 12748 EXPORT LED GROWTH//EXPORT COMPOSITION//TRADE OPENNESS
6 10816 PUBLIC CAPITAL//PUBLIC INVESTMENT//PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
7 18934 REGIONAL INEQUALITY//CHINA ECONOMIC REVIEW//IDREC
8 20420 INFLATION UNCERTAINTY//OUTPUT GROWTH//INFLATION VOLATILITY
9 8668 ENDOGENOUS FERTILITY//JOURNAL OF POPULATION ECONOMICS//DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION
10 18655 DYNAMIC PANEL DATA//DYNAMIC PANEL DATA MODEL//HAUSMAN SPECIFICATION TEST

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