We evaluate the empirical evidence regarding stochastic convergence in income across a group of 29 countries. Our results are based on a new unit root test developed by Popp (2008) that estimates the break-date more accurately and does not suffer from size distortions in the presence of a break....

We examine the extent of persistence in the gender unemployment gap of eight OECD countries: Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States using data over the period 1965 to 2002. Although we are unable to reject the unit root null hypothesis for all countries...