Explaining Per Capita Personal Income Differences between States

Distribution of per Capita Income in Georgia

Regional Convergence in per Capita Personal Income in the US and Canada

This study examines regional convergence in per capita personal income in the US and Canada. We find that the disparity in real per capita income levels across US states (Canadian provinces) has declined, but income levels are not identical. Income levels become more aligned once costs of living are accounted for in relative per capita income series. US states (Canadian provinces) converge at a...

Correlation of Alzheimer’s Disease Death Rates with Historical Per Capita Personal Income in the USA

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive degenerating disease of complex etiology. A variety of risk factors contribute to the chance of developing AD. Lifestyle factors, such as physical, mental and social activity, education, and diet all affect the susceptibility to developing AD. These factors are in turn related to the level of personal income. Lower income usually coincides with lower le...

Differences in cognitive ability, per capita income, infant mortality, fertility and latitude across the states of India

Article history: Received 11 October 2014 Received in revised form 26 January 2015 Accepted 26 January 2015 Available online xxxx Regional differences in cognitive ability are presented for 33 states and union territories of India. Ability was positively correlated with GDP per capita, literacy and life expectancy and negatively correlated with infant and child mortality, fertility and the perc...

A Convergence Study on Demographics, Human Capital, and Per Capita Income for the US States

This paper finds that age distribution, educational attainment, and government size converge across the US states at rates rather similar to the convergence rate for per capita income. The main part of the paper takes age distribution variables as exogenous in conditional convergence regressions. Using panel data, the estimated partial relation between age and the subsequent growth rate of per ...