This paper provides a survey of the non parametric approaches applied to income distribution analysis, focusing on kernel method and, in particular, on the choice of the bandwidth. To account for sample design and data sparseness, weighted kernel density with an adaptive bandwidth is suggested....

The cohesiveness of constituent nations in a confederation such as the Eurozone depends on their equally shared experiences. In terms of household incomes, commonality of distribution across those constituent nations with that of the Eurozone as an entity in itself is of the essence. Generally,...

We argue that modeling the cross-country distribution of per capita income as a mixture distribution provides a natural framework for the detection of convergence clubs. The framework yields tests for the number of component distributions that are likely to be more informative than "bump...