《Invariant features of spatial inequality in consumption: the case of
India》
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作者:
Arnab Chatterjee, Anindya S. Chakrabarti, Asim Ghosh, Anirban
Chakraborti, Tushar K. Nandi
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最新提交年份:
2015
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英文摘要:
We study the distributional features and inequality of consumption expenditure across India, for different states, castes, religion and urban-rural divide. We find that even though the aggregate measures of inequality are fairly diversified across states, the consumption distributions show near identical statistics, once properly normalized. This feature is seen to be robust with respect to variations in sociological and economic factors. We also show that state-wise inequality seems to be positively correlated with growth which is in accord with the traditional idea of Kuznets\' curve. We present a brief model to account for the invariance found empirically and show that better but riskier technology draws can create a positive correlation between inequality and growth.
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中文摘要:
我们研究了印度不同州、种姓、宗教和城乡差距的消费支出分布特征和不平等。我们发现,尽管各州之间的不平等总体测度相当多样化,但一旦适当规范化,消费分布显示出几乎相同的统计数据。就社会学和经济因素的变化而言,这一特征被视为稳健的。我们还发现,国家层面的不平等似乎与增长呈正相关,这符合库兹涅茨曲线的传统观点。我们提出了一个简单的模型来解释经验发现的不变性,并表明更好但风险更高的技术吸引可以在不平等和增长之间建立正相关关系。
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分类信息:
一级分类:Physics 物理学
二级分类:Physics and Society 物理学与社会
分类描述:Structure, dynamics and collective behavior of societies and groups (human or otherwise). Quantitative analysis of social networks and other complex networks. Physics and engineering of infrastructure and systems of broad societal impact (e.g., energy grids, transportation networks).
社会和团体(人类或其他)的结构、动态和集体行为。社会网络和其他复杂网络的定量分析。具有广泛社会影响的基础设施和系统(如能源网、运输网络)的物理和工程。
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一级分类:Quantitative Finance 数量金融学
二级分类:Economics 经济学
分类描述:q-fin.EC is an alias for econ.GN. Economics, including micro and macro economics, international economics, theory of the firm, labor economics, and other economic topics outside finance
q-fin.ec是econ.gn的别名。经济学,包括微观和宏观经济学、国际经济学、企业理论、劳动经济学和其他金融以外的经济专题
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