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%T Convergence of income distributions: Total and inequality-affecting changes in the EU %A Kvedaras, Virmantas %A Cseres-Gergely, Zsombor %J Economics Letters %P 1-6 %V 188 %D 2020 %K European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) %@ 1873-7374 %~ FDB %> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-76007-3 %X By adapting the statistical framework suggested by Székely and Rizzo (2004) and considering the convergence of income distributions instead of aggregate (e.g., average) income, we exploit the scale-independence property of proper inequality metrics to evaluate not only the total but also the inequality-affecting (shape-influenced) convergence of income distributions. We illustrate the application using Monte Carlo experiments and characterizing the convergence of net equivalized income distributions among European Union member states. %C NLD %G en %9 Zeitschriftenartikel %W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org %~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info