{"title":"Services sector growth and interstate income divergence in India","authors":"Priyanka Dutta, Hemanta Barman","doi":"10.1007/s41685-022-00250-x","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>One distinctive characteristic of an acceleration in the services sector in India is that only a few segments within the overall services sector have shown high and persistent growth. Moreover, these segments are concentrated in a few states leading to regional income disparity across states. Using data from 25 states for the period 1995–2020, we examined whether there is convergence or divergence in services net state domestic product (NSDP) across Indian states. We utilized parametric as well as non-parametric econometric techniques in the study. Non-parametric methods such as kernel density estimation and transition probability matrix allowed us to visualize the complete distribution dynamics of the convergence for the entire period considered in this study. Findings of our study suggest diverging trends in the per capita services NSDP across states with an indication of convergence in the first 10 years of the sample period.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":36164,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9000,"publicationDate":"2022-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41685-022-00250-x","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"ECONOMICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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One distinctive characteristic of an acceleration in the services sector in India is that only a few segments within the overall services sector have shown high and persistent growth. Moreover, these segments are concentrated in a few states leading to regional income disparity across states. Using data from 25 states for the period 1995–2020, we examined whether there is convergence or divergence in services net state domestic product (NSDP) across Indian states. We utilized parametric as well as non-parametric econometric techniques in the study. Non-parametric methods such as kernel density estimation and transition probability matrix allowed us to visualize the complete distribution dynamics of the convergence for the entire period considered in this study. Findings of our study suggest diverging trends in the per capita services NSDP across states with an indication of convergence in the first 10 years of the sample period.
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The Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science expands the frontiers of regional science through the diffusion of intrinsically developed and advanced modern, regional science methodologies throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Articles published in the journal foster progress and development of regional science through the promotion of comprehensive and interdisciplinary academic studies in relationship to research in regional science across the globe. The journal’s scope includes articles dedicated to theoretical economics, positive economics including econometrics and statistical analysis and input–output analysis, CGE, Simulation, applied economics including international economics, regional economics, industrial organization, analysis of governance and institutional issues, law and economics, migration and labor markets, spatial economics, land economics, urban economics, agricultural economics, environmental economics, behavioral economics and spatial analysis with GIS/RS data education economics, sociology including urban sociology, rural sociology, environmental sociology and educational sociology, as well as traffic engineering. The journal provides a unique platform for its research community to further develop, analyze, and resolve urgent regional and urban issues in Asia, and to further refine established research around the world in this multidisciplinary field. The journal invites original articles, proposals, and book reviews.The Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science is a new English-language journal that spun out of Chiikigakukenkyuu, which has a 45-year history of publishing the best Japanese research in regional science in the Japanese language and, more recently and more frequently, in English. The development of regional science as an international discipline has necessitated the need for a new publication in English. The Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science is a publishing vehicle for English-language contributions to the field in Japan, across the complete Asia-Pacific arena, and beyond.Content published in this journal is peer reviewed (Double Blind).