Rowan Cherodian|A. P. Thirlwáll
Regional disparities in per capita income in India: convergence or divergence?
paper looks latest evidence happening regional disparities per capita income measured gross state domestic product per capita india first decade twentyfirst century 19992000 20102011 estimating crosssection equations unconditional conditional beta convergence sigma convergence across thirtytwo regions twentyeight states four union territories evidence unconditional convergence weak evidence conditional convergence controlling population growth credit growth male literacy share agriculture state gdp state expenditure share state gdp sigma divergence increased continuously except among poorest states