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Economic History and Modern India: Redefining the Link

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Roy, Tirthankar·2002·Journal of Economic Perspectives
DOI 10.1257/089533002760278749
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This paper argues that to restore the link between economic history and modern India, a different narrative of Indian economic history is needed. An exclusive focus on colonialism as the driver of India's economic history misses those continuities that arise from economic structure or local conditions. In fact, market-oriented British imperial policies did initiate a process of economic growth based on the production of goods intensive in labor and natural resources. However, productive capacity per worker was constrained by low rates of private and public investment in infrastructure, excessively low rates of schooling, social inequalities based on caste and gender and a delayed demographic transition to lower birthrates and the resultant heavy demographic burden placed on physical capital and natural resources.

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  1. Chandra Bipan, 1992, The Indian Economy: Problems and Prospects. Bimal Jalan, ed. New York: Viking, 1
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Authors
Roy, T.
Affiliations
Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (IN)
Corresponding author
Roy, Tirthankar
ORCID
Roy, Tirthankar
Venue
Journal of Economic Perspectives
Publisher
American Economic Association
Published
2002-08-01
Volume
16
Issue
3
Pages
109-130
ISSN
0895-3309 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1257/089533002760278749
OpenAlex
W1968190335
Cited by
108
References
24
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FWCI
8.14
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • The Journal of Economic Perspectives (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Historical Economic and Social Studies
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Indian Economic and Social Development
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Economic Growth and Productivity
Keywords
Indian economic history, colonialism, British imperialism, economic growth, labor-intensive manufacturing, infrastructure investment, caste inequality, gender inequality, demographic transition, economic structure, modern India

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