Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study convergence and income mobility of China’s rural households. Design/methodology/approach The data of rural household income per capita are employed to compute the transitional dynamics in the rural sector. The analyses are conducted at two spatial...

The distribution dynamics of incomes across Indian states are examined using the entire income distribution rather than using standard regression approaches. The period 1965 to 1997 exhibits twin-peaked dynamics: there are two income convergence clubs at 50% and 125% of the national average...