Changing living standards in Southern Indian Villages 1975–2006: Revisiting the ICRISAT Village Level Studies

Dercon, S. and Krishnan, P. and Krutikova, S. (2013) Changing living standards in Southern Indian Villages 1975–2006: Revisiting the ICRISAT Village Level Studies. The Journal of Development Studies, 49 (12). pp. 1676-1693.

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Abstract

We study changes in living conditions using longitudinal data covering 30 years in six villages in Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra, initially surveyed during 1975–1984, and resurveyed in recent years, as part of the ICRISAT Village Level Studies. Monetary welfare indicators (such as incomes, assets, consumption and poverty) and non-monetary indicators of well-being (such as basic literacy, education, health and subjective well-being) have improved considerably. Consumption growth is linked to literacy and education at baseline. Other assets, such as land, have a neglible impact, suggesting that labour and human capital have been instrumental for growth in these villages.Change involved a large increase in various off-farm activities

Item Type: Article
Author Affiliation: Department of International Development, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
Subjects: Social Sciences
Divisions: General
Depositing User: Ms K Syamalamba
Date Deposited: 11 Mar 2014 07:44
Last Modified: 11 Mar 2014 07:44
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2013.819423
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/12850

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