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THSECO1 / APRIL 10, 2015

REGIONAL CONVERGENCE IN THE


PHILIPPINES: AN EXPLORATORY
SPATIAL DATA ANALYSIS
KIMBERLY GARCIA, LORENZO SERAFICA, BON TIANGSON

REGIONAL INCOME INEQUALITY


180000

NCR
CAR
Ilocos Region
135000
Cagayan Valley
Central Luzon
Southern Tagalog
Bicol Region
90000
Western Visayas
Central Visayas
Eastern Visayas
Western Mindanao
Northern Mindanao 45000
Southern Mindanao
Central Mindanao
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0
1990

1995

2000

2005

2010

REGIONAL INCOME INEQUALITY

NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN


INEQUALITY AND NATIONAL
GROWTH (BENABOU, 1996)
INEQUALITIES REDUCE THE
EFFECTIVENESS OF POVERTY
REDUCTION EFFORTS (KWASI, 2010)

CONVERGENCE

PER CAPITA INCOME LEVELS


EQUALIZE
CATCH-UP EFFECT
INFORMED BY THREE MAIN
THEORIES:
1. NEOCLASSICAL GROWTH
2. ENDOGENOUS GROWTH MODEL
3. CUMULATIVE GROWTH MODEL

UNCONDITIONAL CONVERGENCE

NEOCLASSICAL GROWTH MODEL


(SOLOW, 1956; BAUMOL, 1986; BARRO
AND SALA-I-MARTIN, 1991;)
PREDICTS ONE CONVERGENCE RATE
FREE FACTOR MOBILITY AND FREE
TRADE
SIGMA-CONVERGENCE VERSUS BETACONVERGENCE

UNCONDITIONAL CONVERGENCE:
SIGMA CONVERGENCE

NARROWING OF PER
CAPITA INCOME DISPERSION
YES OR NO?
STANDARD DEVIATION
COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION

UNCONDITIONAL CONVERGENCE:
BETA-CONVERGENCE

HOW FAST ARE WE CONVERGING?


STANDARD OLS
log(Yit/Yio) = + logYio+ it

>0, <0 (1)

ISSUES WITH UNCONDITIONAL


CONVERGENCE

DOES NOT:
EXPLAIN ONGOING GROWTH
RECOGNIZE DIFFERENCES IN
PREFERENCES AND ACCESS TO
TECHNOLOGY
INCLUDE ACCELERATING FACTORS

CONDITIONAL CONVERGENCE

ENDOGENOUS GROWTH MODEL


(ARBIA, BASILE AND SALVATORE,;)
PREDICTS MULTIPLE CONVERGENCE
RATES CONVERGENCE CLUBS
REGIONAL STRUCTURE
FACTORS OF REGIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS

CONDITIONAL CONVERGENCE

log(Yit/Yio)= + (1-e^t )[logYio]+Xit+ it


<0,0

ONE FOR EACH CONVERGENCE


CLUB

STANDARD OLS VS. SPATIAL ECONOMETRICS

GEOGRAPHY-PRODUCTIVITY
LINKAGE
ACCOUNTS FOR SPILLOVERS
(SPATIAL EFFECTS)
ACCOUNTS FOR DIFFERENCES
(SIMILARITIES)

SPATIAL ECONOMETRICS

1. EXPLORATORY SPATIAL DATA


ANALYSIS
COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION
GLOBAL MORANS I
2. CONFIRMATORY BETA ANALYSIS
STANDARD OLS

SPATIAL ECONOMETRICS

3. DETERMINE TYPE OF SPATIAL


AUTOCORRELATION
PERFORM DIAGNOSTIC TESTS
4. ESTIMATE USING ML OR GMM
5. CHECK FOR PRESENCE OF SPATIAL
CLUSTERS
LOCAL MORANS I

RESULTS: DATA USED

GRDP PER CAPITA 1990-2012


2002 BORDERS

RESULTS: SIGMA CONVERGENCE


4

Moran I

CV 2

0
2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

RESULTS: SIGMA CONVERGENCE


1990-2012
Constant

5.522669
(0.034 )

Beta Coefficient

-0.5459265
( 0.040 )

R-Squared

0.3329

AIC

-7.233136

Jarque-Bera

3.11

MOVING FORWARD

MAKE LITERATURE MORE


COMPREHENSIVE
DETERMINE WHAT TYPE OF
ESTIMATION PROCEDURE
IDENTIFY CLUSTERS

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