Investigating the Income and Welfare Convergence in Provinces of Iran: A Cluster Analysis
This paper aims to investigate convergence hypothesis in Iran provinces in terms of per capita income and per capita consumption over the period 2000- 2014 using the cluster analysis. In order to analyze this issue more exactly, in the first step, using taxonomy method, the provinces of the country...
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| author | fariba salami Ali Feghhemajidi ahmad mohammadi |
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| description | This paper aims to investigate convergence hypothesis in Iran provinces in terms of per capita income and per capita consumption over the period 2000- 2014 using the cluster analysis. In order to analyze this issue more exactly, in the first step, using taxonomy method, the provinces of the country are divided into three categories: underdeveloped provinces (5 provinces), developing provinces (13 provinces) and developed provinces (13 provinces). Then, the possibility of forming convergent clusters in terms of per capita income and per capita consumption is investigated in each group using cluster analysis. The results show that two convergent clusters (each cluster consists of only two provinces) are observed for per capita income among developed provinces. In studying the convergence status of the mentioned provinces, two clusters (each cluster with two provinces) are identified regarding per capita consumption. In the developing provinces, two clusters (one cluster with eight provinces and another one including two provinces) are formed in terms of per capita income, and two clusters are generated on the basis of per capita consumption(each cluster includes three provinces). In underdeveloped provinces, there is no convergent cluster. Therefore, in general, the findings indicate the divergence between per capita income and per capita consumption among all underdeveloped provinces and most of developed provinces, but there is some evidence of convergence in terms of per capita income among developing provinces in the long run. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-13a38186d3a6474586fa42d205b557d82023-06-15T20:22:43ZfasTarbiat Modares Universityپژوهشهای اقتصادی1735-67682980-78322018-03-011744568Investigating the Income and Welfare Convergence in Provinces of Iran: A Cluster Analysisfariba salami0Ali Feghhemajidi1ahmad mohammadi2 M.A. in Economics, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran Assistant Professor of Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Kurdistan Assistant Professor of Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Kurdistan This paper aims to investigate convergence hypothesis in Iran provinces in terms of per capita income and per capita consumption over the period 2000- 2014 using the cluster analysis. In order to analyze this issue more exactly, in the first step, using taxonomy method, the provinces of the country are divided into three categories: underdeveloped provinces (5 provinces), developing provinces (13 provinces) and developed provinces (13 provinces). Then, the possibility of forming convergent clusters in terms of per capita income and per capita consumption is investigated in each group using cluster analysis. The results show that two convergent clusters (each cluster consists of only two provinces) are observed for per capita income among developed provinces. In studying the convergence status of the mentioned provinces, two clusters (each cluster with two provinces) are identified regarding per capita consumption. In the developing provinces, two clusters (one cluster with eight provinces and another one including two provinces) are formed in terms of per capita income, and two clusters are generated on the basis of per capita consumption(each cluster includes three provinces). In underdeveloped provinces, there is no convergent cluster. Therefore, in general, the findings indicate the divergence between per capita income and per capita consumption among all underdeveloped provinces and most of developed provinces, but there is some evidence of convergence in terms of per capita income among developing provinces in the long run.http://ecor.modares.ac.ir/article-18-428-en.pdfconvergencecluster analysisprovincesiran |
| spellingShingle | fariba salami Ali Feghhemajidi ahmad mohammadi Investigating the Income and Welfare Convergence in Provinces of Iran: A Cluster Analysis پژوهشهای اقتصادی convergence cluster analysis provinces iran |
| title | Investigating the Income and Welfare Convergence in Provinces of Iran: A Cluster Analysis |
| title_full | Investigating the Income and Welfare Convergence in Provinces of Iran: A Cluster Analysis |
| title_fullStr | Investigating the Income and Welfare Convergence in Provinces of Iran: A Cluster Analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigating the Income and Welfare Convergence in Provinces of Iran: A Cluster Analysis |
| title_short | Investigating the Income and Welfare Convergence in Provinces of Iran: A Cluster Analysis |
| title_sort | investigating the income and welfare convergence in provinces of iran a cluster analysis |
| topic | convergence cluster analysis provinces iran |
| url | http://ecor.modares.ac.ir/article-18-428-en.pdf |
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