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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2020/05/05
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Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
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WPS9231
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2020/05/05
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Welfare Dynamics in India over a Quarter Century : Poverty, Vulnerability, and Mobility during 1987-2012
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downward mobility