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Does Higher Economic Growth Reduce Poverty and Increase Inequality?
Evidence from Urban India |
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Sabyasachi Tripathi |
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This paper calculates select urban inequality and poverty indices and fi nds their policy
linkages. In order to empirically estimate the links between poverty and inequality, it uses
the new theoretical framework which was proposed by Araar and Timothy (2006). In addition,
it estimates the determinants of urban poverty and inequality by using data pertaining
to 52 large cities in India. The main results show that higher levels of city economic
growth and large city population agglomerations are associated with a reduction in the
poverty level of cities and an increase in the extent of inequality between cities. |
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