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Relational inequality and economic outcomes : a consideration of the Indian experience
Ghosh, Jayati - In: Review of political economy 36 (2024) 2, pp. 444-455
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History, Institutions and Economic Performance : The Legacy of Colonial Land Tenure Systems in India
Banerjee, Abhijit V.; Iyer, Lakshmi - 2003
Do historical institutions have a persistent impact on economic performance? We analyze the colonial institutions set … up by the British to collect land revenue in India, and show that differences in historical property rights institutions … are not driven by omitted variables or endogeneity of the historical institutions, and argue that they probably arise …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014112487
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Top Indian incomes, 1956 - 2000
Banerjee, Abhijit V. (contributor);  … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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Inequality in India : a survey of recent trends
Pal, Parthapratim (contributor); Ghosh, Jayati (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003497959
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Top Indian Incomes, 1922-2000
Banerjee, Abhijit V.; Piketty, Thomas - 2005
This article presents data on the evolution of top incomes and wages for 1922-2000 in India using individual tax return data. The data show that the shares of the top 0.01 percent, 0.1 percent, and 1 percent in total income shrank substantially from the 1950s to the early to mid-1980s but then...
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Top Indian Incomes, 1956-2000
Banerjee, Abhijit V.; Piketty, Thomas - 2003
This paper presents data on the evolution of top incomes and wages from 1956 to 2000 in India using individual tax returns data. Our data shows that the shares of the top 0.01%, the top 0.1% and the top 1% in total income, shrank very substantially until the early to mid 1980s but then went back...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014075429
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Poverty reduction in China and India : policy implications of recent trends
Ghosh, Jayati - 2010
This paper compares the experience of poverty reduction in China and India. It finds that more than economic growth per se, what has mattered crucially is the nature of the growth: whether it is associated with growing inequalities that do not allow the benefits of growth to reach the poor;...
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