Mind the Gap - is Economic Growth in India Leaving Some States Behind?
By C. Purfield. Social Science Research Network, 2006
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This paper examines how growth has varied across India's states. It finds that (i) the income gap between rich and poor states has widened; (ii) rich and faster-growing states have been more effective in reducing poverty; (iii) poor and slower-growing states have had little success in generating private sector jobs; (iv) labor and capital flows do little to close income gaps; and (v) the volatility in economic growth is greatest in poor states. Differences in states' policies affect the cross-state pattern of growth. Greater private sector investment, smaller governments, and better institutions are found to have a positive impact on growth.
Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science
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- The Demographic Dividend: Evidence from the Indian States (2011, unknown): “Data are taken 14 We are grateful to Catriona Purfield for sharing the policy variables’ data used in Purfield (2006). from the Besley-Burgess (2000) database, which are originally sourced from various rounds on the National Sample Survey (NSS).”
- Economic Growth, Local Industrial Development and Inter-Regional Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from China (2012, background): “Aggarwal [4] and Purfield [5] provide a similar discussion.”