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Independent Evaluation Office

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  • Abstract

  • 1. Introduction

  • 2. Concepts and Data Sources

  • 3. A brief summary of the evolution of consumption inequality in India

  • 4. Variation in living standards in India as of 2011-12

  • 5. Conclusion

  • Figure 1: Gini indices in India, China and Indonesia

  • Figure 2: Top 10% vs Bottom 40% shares in consumption

  • Figure 3: Urban versus rural population in India

  • Figure 4: Growth Incidence Curve 1983-2011

  • Figure 5: Kernel Density of consumption distribution (2011-12)

  • Figure 6: Decile level relationship between consumption and Gini

  • Figure 7: Mean consumption at each rural, urban and national decile 1983-2011

  • Figure 8: Growth incidence curve for India: 2004-2011

  • Figure 9: Growth incidence curve for China and Indonesia 2005-2011

  • Figure 10: Inter-state growth rates of GDP per capita

  • Table 1: State-level regression results

  • Table 2: State and rural/urban level regression results

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Inequality and Locational Determinants of the Distribution of Living Standards in India
Author:
Sriram Balasubramanian
,
Rishabh Kumar
, and
Mr. Prakash Loungani