Welfare Dynamics in India over a Quarter Century : Poverty, Vulnerability, and Mobility during 1987-2012
This paper analyzes the Indian National Sample Survey data spanning 1987/88-2011/12 to uncover patterns of transition into and out of different classes of the consumption distribution. At the aggregate level, income growth has accelerated, accompan...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/844601588709668644/Welfare-Dynamics-in-India-over-a-Quarter-Century-Poverty-Vulnerability-and-Mobility-during-1987-2012 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33713 |
| Summary: | This paper analyzes the Indian National
Sample Survey data spanning 1987/88-2011/12 to uncover
patterns of transition into and out of different classes of
the consumption distribution. At the aggregate level, income
growth has accelerated, accompanied by accelerating poverty
decline. Underlying these trends is a process of mobility,
with 40-60 percent of the population transitioning between
consumption classes and increasing mobility over time. Yet,
the majority of those who escape poverty remain vulnerable.
Most of those who are poor were also poor in the preceding
period and, thus, are likely to be chronically poor. The
characteristics of upwardly mobile households contrast with
those of the poor; these households are also far less likely
to experience downward mobility. The paper also finds that
states exhibit heterogenous mobility patterns. |
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