印度人口普查城镇的诞生:经济分析

IF 0.6 Q4 ECONOMICS

South Asian Journal of Macroeconomics and Public Finance Pub Date : 2020-12-01 DOI:10.1177/2277978720961190

Saumya Chakrabarti, Vivek Mukherjee

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摘要

在印度人口普查中，2001-2001年十年间，村庄被重新归类为小城镇（称为人口普查城镇）的情况令人震惊，几乎占城市化的30%，这大大高于前几十年的增长率。虽然被重新归类为城镇，但它们被管理为农村定居点。本文将城市经济理论与城乡劳动力市场动态相结合，以确定人口普查城镇诞生背后的因素。它还试图通过使用2001-2001年西孟加拉邦的数据来实证检验其开发的理论模型的一些假设的有效性，该邦的人口普查城镇的增长率是印度最高的之一。事实证明，在城市扩张程度较低的附近城市中心，正规部门收入较高是解释人口普查城镇诞生的主要因素。JEL分类：R11、R12、R23

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Birth of Census Towns in India: An Economic Analysis

In Indian census, the reclassification of villages as small towns (called census towns) has been startling during the decade 2001–2011 and accounted for almost 30 per cent of urbanization, which is significantly larger than their growth rate in previous decades. Though reclassified as towns, they are governed as rural settlements. This article applies urban economic theory along with rural–urban labour market dynamics to identify the factors behind the birth of census towns. It also attempts to empirically check the validity of some of the hypotheses of the theoretical model it develops by using data from the state of West Bengal during 2001–2011 where the growth rate of census towns had been one of the highest in India. It turns out that the higher formal sector income in the nearby urban centres with lower extent of urban sprawl is the major factor explaining the birth of census towns. JEL Classification: R11, R12, R23

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South Asian Journal of Macroeconomics and Public Finance ECONOMICS-

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