Structural Transformation Path Across Indian States: Findings from Panel Data Analyses

Padder, Altaf-Hussain and Bommayasamy, Mathavan (2022): Structural Transformation Path Across Indian States: Findings from Panel Data Analyses.

Abstract

The present study aims to examine the structural transformation path across the broad economic sectors among the states of the Indian economy which is a key feature of economic development in the relevance of Simon Kuznets perspective. The movement of sectoral output is a crucial regularity of the data for this study, to examine whether the middle- and low-income states have a similar structural transformation path through which the high-income states have passed, and if not, what are the characteristics of the different paths being followed. Polynomial Regression Functions were applied to fit the association between the share of sectoral output and per-capita income. The present study identified that some middle- and low-income states are following a different path of structural transformation that deviate from those of high-income states and grow faster than high-income states in the process of structural transformation, and there is great heterogeneity within each state.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Indian Economy; Structural Change; Structural Transformation; Sectoral Output; Per-Capita Income.
• Subjects: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C0 - General; C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C0 - General > C01 - Econometrics; C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C1 - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O14 - Industrialization ; Manufacturing and Service Industries ; Choice of Technology

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