Industrial clustering and location in India: Sectoral patterns of investments and employments

IF 1.7 Q2 GEOGRAPHY

Regional Science Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2024-06-01 DOI:10.1016/j.rspp.2024.100041

Meghamrita Chakraborty

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Abstract

Industrial growth plays a vital role in driving regional progress, as inequalities primarily stem from diverse industries. This becomes particularly significant in the Global South, where wealth creation is a challenge, poverty is persistent and disparities are widening. India serves as a typical example, with skewed industrial distribution and non-inclusive development. Understanding industrial distribution is thereby essential in tackling the challenges of achieving balanced regional development. The paper investigates spatial distribution of industrial activity in India and finds that the interaction of different factors motivate industrial investments to choose already advanced regions like Gujarat and Maharashtra. Using a panel dataset spanning 37 years, the study analyses the different manufacturing sectors and the impact of socio-economic factors on industrial investment across 16 major states of India from 1980 to 81–2017–18. The results provide conclusive evidence of the determining influence of human capital, infrastructural benefits and the presence of diverse industrial activities on the distribution of industrial investments.

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印度的产业集群和选址：投资和就业的部门模式

工业增长在推动区域进步方面发挥着至关重要的作用，因为不平等现象主要源于不同的工业。这一点在全球南部地区尤为重要，因为那里的财富创造面临挑战，贫困持续存在，差距不断扩大。印度就是一个典型的例子，其产业分布失衡，发展不具包容性。因此，了解产业分布对于应对实现区域均衡发展的挑战至关重要。本文研究了印度工业活动的空间分布，发现不同因素的相互作用促使工业投资选择古吉拉特邦和马哈拉施特拉邦等已经发达的地区。该研究使用了一个跨度为 37 年的面板数据集，分析了 1980 至 81-2017-18 年间印度 16 个主要邦的不同制造业部门以及社会经济因素对工业投资的影响。研究结果提供了确凿证据，证明人力资本、基础设施效益和各种工业活动的存在对工业投资分布具有决定性影响。

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Regional Science Policy and Practice GEOGRAPHY-

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3.60

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5.90%

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期刊介绍： Regional Science Policy & Practice (RSPP) is the official policy and practitioner orientated journal of the Regional Science Association International. It is an international journal that publishes high quality papers in applied regional science that explore policy and practice issues in regional and local development. It welcomes papers from a range of academic disciplines and practitioners including planning, public policy, geography, economics and environmental science and related fields. Papers should address the interface between academic debates and policy development and application. RSPP provides an opportunity for academics and policy makers to develop a dialogue to identify and explore many of the challenges facing local and regional economies.