01816cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF000161 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451848762 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Cashin, Paul. Internal Migration, Center-State Grants and Economic Growth in the States of India / Paul Cashin, Ratna Sahay. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1995. 1 online resource (56 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper examines the growth experience of twenty states of India during the period 1961-91, using cross-sectional estimation and the analytical framework of the Solow-Swan neoclassical growth model. We find evidence of absolute convergence--initially-poor states did indeed grow faster than their initially-rich counterparts. There has also been a widening of the dispersion of real per capita state incomes over the period 1961-91. However, relatively more grants were transferred from the central government to the poor states than to their rich counterparts. Significant barriers to population flows also exist, as net migration from poor to rich states responded only weakly to cross-state income differentials. Mode of access: Internet Sahay, Ratna. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1995/066 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1995/066/001.1995.issue-066-en.xml IMF e-Library