Economic reforms, growth and well-being: evidence from India

Rashmi Umesh Arora and Shyama Ratnasiri

Journal of Economic Policy Reform, 2015, vol. 18, issue 1, 16-33

Abstract: This study examined economic well-being of sub-national units in India since the economic reforms. For this purpose, the study constructed well-being index for 17 major states of India for the period 1981–2011 based on five broad dimensions. Our results showed that the economic well-being of states has declined since the reforms. The interstate disparities have increased and the states (except Punjab and West Bengal) which performed well prior to the reforms continued to perform well in the post-reform years too. In addition, our regression results for the high well-being and low well-being states revealed that the reforms have benefited more developed high well-being states, rather than low well-being states. While human capital was found significantly and positively related to per capita incomes in both groups of the states, financial development was positively related in high well-being states, but a negative association was visible in the low well-being states.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/17487870.2014.920706

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