Trends and Patterns in Consumption Expenditure: A Review of Class and Rural-Urban Disparities
Year: 2011
Type: report
Abstract: This paper primarily aims to capture the changing patterns of consumption expenditure of\nthree broad classes, namely, the ‘upper’ ‘middle’ and ‘bottom’ classes in the rural and urban India. In\ncontrast to what is generally held that differences in consumption of necessaries across classes decline\nmore the economy grows, this paper argues that there had been hardly any sign of convergence.\nFurthermore, in the cases of most of the food and non‐food items, especially, education and medical\nservices the consumption expenditure in real terms is showing trends of a widening gap between the\nupper and the bottom classes.
Author: Satyaki Roy
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2161343331