This paper examines income inequality in rural India in 1993 and 2005. It attempts to ascertain the contribution of … different income sources to overall income inequality, and change in their relative importance between 1993 and 2005 through … decomposition of Gini coefficient. The paper finds that income inequality has increased between 1993 and 2005. Agriculture income …

role of individual and geographical factors in determining the level and the change in income inequality in India. We find … that between-state income differences account for the majority of between-district income inequality in rural India in 2011 …. However, in urban India within-state income differences explain most of the between- district inequality in 2011. We also find …

role of individual and geographical factors in determining the level and the change in income inequality in India. We find … that between-state income differences account for the majority of between-district income inequality in rural India in 2011 …. However, in urban India within-state income differences explain most of the between-district inequality in 2011. We also find …

This paper examines the contribution of different income sources to overall income inequality in India, and how the … relative importance of each income source has changed between 2004 and 2012. The paper finds that income inequality has …. In urban areas, regular salaried income contribute the most in total income and income inequality. In contrast, farm …