Growth, distributional change and reduction in rural poverty between 1983 and 1987-88: A decomposition exercise for seventeen states in India

Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 109-133

  Tendulkar, Suresh D ^a   Jain, L R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGE; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY INCIDENCE; RURAL POVERTY;

INDIA;

EID: 0030406175     PISSN: 00195014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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