TY - CHAP AB - Abstract This paper extends a methodology proposed by Nissanov and Silber (2009) who decomposed the coefficient β used in convergence analysis into three components checking respectively whether there was σ-convergence, whether ‘pure mobility’ (upward or downward income mobility) was lower among the poor and what the extent of ‘residual mobility’ (the third component) was.The present paper extends this analysis by applying it to the analysis of regional per capita income levels but also to that of within regions inequality and regional welfare levels. The empirical illustration uses Portuguese data on average earnings at the level of NUTS3. VL - 22 SN - 978-1-78350-556-2, 978-1-78350-567-8/1049-2585 DO - 10.1108/S1049-258520140000022010 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1049-258520140000022010 AU - Duarte Adelaide P. S. AU - Silber Jacques AU - Andrade João Sousa AU - Simões Marta C. N. PY - 2014 Y1 - 2014/01/01 TI - On the Measurement of Regional Convergence in Inequality and Welfare T2 - Economic Well-Being and Inequality: Papers from the Fifth ECINEQ Meeting T3 - Research on Economic Inequality PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 323 EP - 349 Y2 - 2024/09/19 ER -