Inter-State Disparities in the Reduction of Multidimensional Deprivations in India
| Autor: | Brajaraja Mishra |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Economics and Econometrics
Inequality media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies 0507 social and economic geography 021107 urban & regional planning Human Factors and Ergonomics Convergence (economics) 02 engineering and technology Standard of living State (polity) Development economics Economics 050703 geography Social Sciences (miscellaneous) media_common |
| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Human Development. 13:239-253 |
| ISSN: | 2456-480X 0973-7030 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0973703019892214 |
| Popis: | The higher economic growth in the post-reform period has increased the standard of living of the people. At the same time, it widened the inter-state inequality. It was argued that the increasing inequality might lead to social disarticulation and hinder growth. Thus, a discussion on growing inter-state inequality became a policy debate in recent years to achieve inclusive growth. In this backdrop, this article analyses trends in the inter-state inequality with regards to multidimensional deprivations (MD) in the domains of education, health and poverty during the post-reform period in India. It also assesses whether levels of deprivation among the Indian states are converging/diverging over a period of time. Weighted coefficient of variation and Theil entropy measures were used to assess the inter-state inequality and β-convergence estimates were used to test whether there is convergence/divergence among the Indian states with regards to reduction in MD over time. The analysis found that the inter-state disparity in MD has increased during the post-reform period in India; the levels of deprivation among the better off states declined over time, while most of the backward states could not do so due to their high initial level deprivations. |
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