Comparing the evolution of spatial inequality in China and India: a fifty-year perspective

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dc.creatorGajwani, Kiran
dc.creatorKanbur, Ravi
dc.creatorZhang, Xiaobo
dc.date2006
dc.date2024-11-21T09:50:36Z
dc.date2024-11-21T09:50:36Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:18:43Z
dc.descriptionIn 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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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/160365
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/100777
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceGajwani, 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
dc.subjectmigration
dc.subjectdecentralization
dc.subjectgreen revolution
dc.subjecteconomic conditions
dc.subjecthuman capital
dc.titleComparing the evolution of spatial inequality in China and India: a fifty-year perspective
dc.typeWorking Paper

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