 Rural–Urban Disparities in India in the Time of GrowthSudipta Ghosh,
Viktoria Hnatkvska and
Amartya Lahiri
India Policy Forum, 2020, vol. 16, issue 1, 219-265 Abstract: The period since the 1990s has seen an aggregate growth takeoff in India during which the rural agricultural sector has gradually ceded space in both employment and output share to non-agricultural sectors. How have agriculture-dependent rural workers and households fared during this episode relative to their urban counterparts? Using household-level survey data, we find that rural–urban education gaps have declined significantly between 1983 and 2012. Moreover, occupation choices in the two sectors have become more aligned with an expansion of non-farm occupations in rural India. Consumption gaps between rural and urban households also declined between 1983 and 2005 for the bottom 45th percentile of the distribution. The period since 2005 has, however, witnessed a rise in consumption gaps. Using state-leveldata, we show that per capita income levels and growth rates are positive correlates of rural–urban consumption gaps, while the education gap is a negative correlate. Keywords: Rural–Urban Disparity; Consumption Gaps; Education (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:nca:ncaerj:v:16:y:2020:i:2020-1:p:219-265 Access Statistics for this article India Policy Forum is currently edited by B Ramesh More articles in India Policy Forum from National Council of Applied Economic Research Contact information at EDIRC. |
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