Welfare Dynamics in India over a Quarter Century : Poverty, Vulnerability, and Mobility during 1987-2012 (English)

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...

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Dang,Hai-Anh H.;

Lanjouw,Peter F.;
Document Date
2020/05/05
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS9231
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
India,
Region
South Asia,
Disclosure Date
2020/05/05
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Welfare Dynamics in India over a Quarter Century : Poverty, Vulnerability, and Mobility during 1987-2012
Keywords
downward mobility

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Dang,Hai-Anh H.; Lanjouw,Peter F..

Welfare Dynamics in India over a Quarter Century : Poverty, Vulnerability, and Mobility during 1987-2012 (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 9231 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/844601588709668644

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