Income, consumption and asset mobility in Indian rural households : evidence from ARIS/ REDS surveys
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2012-12
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National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), New Delhi, IN
Abstract
The study examine the mobility of households with respect to time-independence, positional
movement, and directional income, consumption and assets movement using transition matrices.
Transition matrices are most intuitive tools to comprehend mobility and are based on Shorrock’s
(1978) measures of mobility. Economic mobility is a significant consequence of income inequality
and growth. In this paper, the study have used a unique ARIS/ REDS surveys 1999 and 2007 data set
for rural India to determine the reasons and magnitude of income, consumption and income mobility.
The economic mobility has estimated for the land classes, ICRISAT agro-climate zones, different
region such as east, south west and north, consumption classes, income quintiles, agricultural profit
classes, assets classes, caste groups and gender groups. There exists wide income, consumption and
asset diversity among different classes.
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INCOME, CONSUMPTION AND ASSET MOBILITY, DIVERSITY, INDIA, RURAL AREAS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, GENDER ANALYSIS, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION