Comparing the evolution of spatial inequality in China and India: a fifty-year perspective
In the second half of the last century, both India and China have undergone major transitions and have moved to more liberalized economies. This paper relates the observed patterns in regional inequality to major events during this period. Because of China’s institutional barriers to migration, regi...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2006
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| author | Gajwani, Kiran Kanbur, Ravi Zhang, Xiaobo |
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| description | In the second half of the last century, both India and China have undergone major transitions and have moved to more liberalized economies. This paper relates the observed patterns in regional inequality to major events during this period. Because of China’s institutional barriers to migration, regional inequality is much higher than in India. Also, China’s decentralization and opening up are closely related to the observed regional inequality – particularly the inland-coastal disparity – since the reform period. From the Green Revolution age to the period of economic liberalization in India, the evolution of regional comparative advantage has shifted from the quality of land to the level of human capital as India integrates with the international market. Therefore, India’s states have become clustered into two clubs: more educated and less educated ones. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1603652025-11-06T06:22:54Z Comparing the evolution of spatial inequality in China and India: a fifty-year perspective Gajwani, Kiran Kanbur, Ravi Zhang, Xiaobo migration decentralization green revolution economic conditions human capital In the second half of the last century, both India and China have undergone major transitions and have moved to more liberalized economies. This paper relates the observed patterns in regional inequality to major events during this period. Because of China’s institutional barriers to migration, regional inequality is much higher than in India. Also, China’s decentralization and opening up are closely related to the observed regional inequality – particularly the inland-coastal disparity – since the reform period. From the Green Revolution age to the period of economic liberalization in India, the evolution of regional comparative advantage has shifted from the quality of land to the level of human capital as India integrates with the international market. Therefore, India’s states have become clustered into two clubs: more educated and less educated ones. 2006 2024-11-21T09:50:36Z 2024-11-21T09:50:36Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160365 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Gajwani, Kiran; Kanbur, Ravi; Zhang, Xiaobo. Comparing the evolution of spatial inequality in China and India: a fifty-year perspective. DSGD Discussion Paper 44. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160365 |
| spellingShingle | migration decentralization green revolution economic conditions human capital Gajwani, Kiran Kanbur, Ravi Zhang, Xiaobo Comparing the evolution of spatial inequality in China and India: a fifty-year perspective |
| title | Comparing the evolution of spatial inequality in China and India: a fifty-year perspective |
| title_full | Comparing the evolution of spatial inequality in China and India: a fifty-year perspective |
| title_fullStr | Comparing the evolution of spatial inequality in China and India: a fifty-year perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comparing the evolution of spatial inequality in China and India: a fifty-year perspective |
| title_short | Comparing the evolution of spatial inequality in China and India: a fifty-year perspective |
| title_sort | comparing the evolution of spatial inequality in china and india a fifty year perspective |
| topic | migration decentralization green revolution economic conditions human capital |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160365 |
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