The purpose of this paper is to update the analysis of the process of convergence of state per capita incomes in Brazil …, using new data for the period 1986-1995. Theil's L and T indexes are used to show that the process of convergence, observed …

income among Brazilian states. It also aims at ascertaining the degree to which such variables affect convergence or … to capture not only the influence of household human capital and wealth variables on the convergence of per capita income …, as these are some of the main factors behind the differences in steady-state rates of income growth in Brazil …