Using annual data for India, we examine the impact of taxation and government expenditure on income inequality by endogenizing GDP, urbanization, economic globalization, remittances inflows and net FDI flows. For the empirical analysis, we use the nonlinear autoregressive distributed lag model, which ...
Firstly, India has one of the largest and fastest-growing economies in the world, with an annual growth rate of 8.9% in its GDP since 1990 (WDI, 2021). India is the world’s second-most populous country, accounting for 17.7% of the world’s population. However, it has shown a ...
sample weights are used. The high re-contact rates of each wave are one of the strengths of the IFLS. For example, the re-contact rate in the latest wave among households interviewed in the first wave was reported at 92.0%. Among those households interviewed...
17 Table 1: Growth and Instability in GDP and Per Capita NNP at Constant (1999-2000) Prices (All India) Period Annual Average Coefficient of Variation (%) in Growth Rate (%) Annual Growth Rates GDP Per Capita NNP GDP Per Capita NNP 1960/61-1980/81 3.63 1.13 106.29 359.38 1980/81-...
Overall enrollment of children in all stages of education in India has improved over the years. Such increase in school participation has been also associated with a significant jump in the literacy rate which rose from 18% Methodology and data In this section we introduce the indices used for ...
Among women, the rate was 390 deaths per 100,000 population in 1990 and 395 deaths per 100,000 population in 2010. The same pattern is evident in injuries too. Injury-specific ASDRs have increased from 84 deaths per 100,000 population in 1990 to 93 deaths in 2010 (GBD 2013). Estimates...
It contributes to high infant and child mortality in the early stages of life and later on in adult life; it increases the risk for non-communicable diseases. The study aims to understand the socio-economic status-related inequality for LBW among children in India. It hypothesises that there ...
Similarly, Li and Zhang (2007) argued that an increase in birth rate adversely impacts the distribution of income that led to rising income inequality. From the above backdrop, it emerges that globalization has caused more adversities across many developing countries, including India, in terms of...
While the increased exposure to world markets ('globalization') and relaxation of domestic controls has undoubtedly given a spurt to the GDP growth rate, its impact on poverty, inequality and employment have been controversial. This book examines in detail these aspects of post-reform India and ...
The extent of challenges to climate change adaptation and mitigation may substantially change depending on the rate at which societies progress towards equal access to resources and opportunities for self-realization for all genders. We propose steps that the scenario community could take to enrich the...