Regional Diversity and Inclusive Growth in Indian Cities

This paper examines the employment growth of Indian districts from 2000 to 2010 in the manufacturing and services sectors. Specialization and diversity metrics that combine industries in both sectors are calculated and related to subsequent job gro...

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Main Authors:	Ghani, Ejaz, Kerr, William R., Tewari, Ishani
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES ALTERNATIVE APPROACH BUILDING CODES CONSTRUCTION DEBT DESCRIPTION DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISTRICTS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS ELASTICITIES EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT GROWTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP EXTERNALITIES FUEL HIGHWAY HOTELS HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INNOVATION INSURANCE LABOR MARKETS LAND TRANSPORT LAND USE MOBILITY MOTOR VEHICLES PIPELINES POLITICAL ECONOMY POPULATION DENSITY PRODUCTIVITY RENTING ROADS RURAL AREAS SANITATION SEWAGE TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSPORT TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT TRANSPORTATION TRAVEL TIME TRUE URBAN AREAS URBAN STUDIES URBANIZATION WORK FORCE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19659963/regional-diversity-inclusive-growth-indian-cities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18760

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spelling	okr-10986-187602021-04-23T14:03:49Z Regional Diversity and Inclusive Growth in Indian Cities Ghani, Ejaz Kerr, William R. Tewari, Ishani ACCOUNTING AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES ALTERNATIVE APPROACH BUILDING CODES CONSTRUCTION DEBT DESCRIPTION DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISTRICTS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS ELASTICITIES EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT GROWTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP EXTERNALITIES FUEL HIGHWAY HOTELS HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INNOVATION INSURANCE LABOR MARKETS LAND TRANSPORT LAND USE MOBILITY MOTOR VEHICLES PIPELINES POLITICAL ECONOMY POPULATION DENSITY PRODUCTIVITY RENTING ROADS RURAL AREAS SANITATION SEWAGE TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSPORT TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT TRANSPORTATION TRAVEL TIME TRUE URBAN AREAS URBAN STUDIES URBANIZATION WORK FORCE This paper examines the employment growth of Indian districts from 2000 to 2010 in the manufacturing and services sectors. Specialization and diversity metrics that combine industries in both sectors are calculated and related to subsequent job growth. The analysis finds robust and consistent evidence that the diversity of industries in the district across the two sectors links to subsequent job growth. Somewhat surprisingly, this link finds its strongest expression outside typical stories about the role of diversity. For example, the growth is strongest in rural areas of districts and in districts with low population density. Diversity correlates with disproportionately higher employment growth in the informal sector and plays a role in generating employment in the district's smaller industries. These findings point toward the "inclusive" nature of diversity-driven growth and highlight a potentially important agenda item for policy makers concerned with inclusive development. 2014-06-25T20:38:57Z 2014-06-25T20:38:57Z 2014-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19659963/regional-diversity-inclusive-growth-indian-cities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18760 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6919 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia India
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topic	ACCOUNTING AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES ALTERNATIVE APPROACH BUILDING CODES CONSTRUCTION DEBT DESCRIPTION DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISTRICTS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS ELASTICITIES EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT GROWTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP EXTERNALITIES FUEL HIGHWAY HOTELS HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INNOVATION INSURANCE LABOR MARKETS LAND TRANSPORT LAND USE MOBILITY MOTOR VEHICLES PIPELINES POLITICAL ECONOMY POPULATION DENSITY PRODUCTIVITY RENTING ROADS RURAL AREAS SANITATION SEWAGE TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSPORT TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT TRANSPORTATION TRAVEL TIME TRUE URBAN AREAS URBAN STUDIES URBANIZATION WORK FORCE
spellingShingle	ACCOUNTING AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES ALTERNATIVE APPROACH BUILDING CODES CONSTRUCTION DEBT DESCRIPTION DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISTRICTS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS ELASTICITIES EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT GROWTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP EXTERNALITIES FUEL HIGHWAY HOTELS HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INNOVATION INSURANCE LABOR MARKETS LAND TRANSPORT LAND USE MOBILITY MOTOR VEHICLES PIPELINES POLITICAL ECONOMY POPULATION DENSITY PRODUCTIVITY RENTING ROADS RURAL AREAS SANITATION SEWAGE TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSPORT TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT TRANSPORTATION TRAVEL TIME TRUE URBAN AREAS URBAN STUDIES URBANIZATION WORK FORCE Ghani, Ejaz Kerr, William R. Tewari, Ishani Regional Diversity and Inclusive Growth in Indian Cities
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description	This paper examines the employment growth of Indian districts from 2000 to 2010 in the manufacturing and services sectors. Specialization and diversity metrics that combine industries in both sectors are calculated and related to subsequent job growth. The analysis finds robust and consistent evidence that the diversity of industries in the district across the two sectors links to subsequent job growth. Somewhat surprisingly, this link finds its strongest expression outside typical stories about the role of diversity. For example, the growth is strongest in rural areas of districts and in districts with low population density. Diversity correlates with disproportionately higher employment growth in the informal sector and plays a role in generating employment in the district's smaller industries. These findings point toward the "inclusive" nature of diversity-driven growth and highlight a potentially important agenda item for policy makers concerned with inclusive development.
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author	Ghani, Ejaz Kerr, William R. Tewari, Ishani
author_facet	Ghani, Ejaz Kerr, William R. Tewari, Ishani
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title	Regional Diversity and Inclusive Growth in Indian Cities
title_short	Regional Diversity and Inclusive Growth in Indian Cities
title_full	Regional Diversity and Inclusive Growth in Indian Cities
title_fullStr	Regional Diversity and Inclusive Growth in Indian Cities
title_full_unstemmed	Regional Diversity and Inclusive Growth in Indian Cities
title_sort	regional diversity and inclusive growth in indian cities
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2014
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19659963/regional-diversity-inclusive-growth-indian-cities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18760
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Regional Diversity and Inclusive Growth in Indian Cities

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