Distributional Inequality in Indian States

Padmaja Mishra and Ashok Parikh

Journal of Income Distribution, 1998, vol. 07, issue 1, 5-5

Abstract: In regional economic policies, equity issues are usually dealt with at the inter-regional level by concentrating on the disparities between regional mean incomes. This paper looks at an extra dimension of inter-regional disparity, that is the disparity among seventeen regions (Indian states) with regard to intra-state inequality. Variation in intra-state inequalities has been studied by using a parametric measure of the Gini coefficient. The parametric approach has facilitated some further statistical tests on the heterogeneity of the Lorenz curves. Dissimilarity among the states with regard to intra-state distributions has led us to look into rural-urban disparity within the states.

Date: 1998
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