Vikas Rawal
Biographic Data
| ID | 141430 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vikas Rawal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vikas |
| FAMILY NAME | Rawal |
| SIGNATURE | RAWAL V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jawaharlal Nehru University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Scheduled Tribe Households
International Development, Labor and Human Capital
Changes in the Distribution of Operational Landholdings in Rural India
International Development, Land Economics/Use
Some Aspects of the Implementation of India's Employment Guarantee
International Development, Labor and Human Capital, Public Economics
Income Inequality and Caste in Village India
In this paper, we examine inequality in incomes between households of different castes in rural India, using a unique dataset comprising household data from a cross-section of eight villages across four States. The focus of this paper is on Dalit or Scheduled Caste households. We begin with very simple measures of differences between groups, such as proportional representation in different quintiles and the frequency distribution of households ac…
Are there Benefits from the Cultivation of Bt Cotton? A Comment Based on Data from a Vidarbha Village
This note examines costs and returns from the cultivation of different types of cotton in a rainfed village in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, India. While the pros and cons of GM cotton are extensively debated, there are only a few empirical studies on the economic performance of Bt cotton, particularly under rainfed conditions. The results from a detailed survey of farm business incomes show that Bt cotton was a clear leader in terms of pro…
Is India Really a Country of Low Income-Inequality? Observations from Eight Villages
There is a misconception in the literature that income distribution in India is less unequal than, for instance, in China or the countries of Latin America. This misconception is based on a comparison of like with unlike. Studies of income distribution for most countries are based as they should be on household income data, while corresponding studies of income distribution for India are based on household consumption expenditure data, and it is …
The Labour Process in Rural Haryana (India)
Forms of labour hiring and the extent of unemployment are analysed using primary data collected from two villages in Haryana (India) during 2002–3. Data from these villages show that wage labourers, particularly women, faced extremely high levels of unemployment. Employment in agriculture was limited and new forms of labour hiring contracts had emerged under conditions of high unemployment. Earnings of manual workers were very low and gender disp…
Rural Banking
Non-Market Interventions in Water-Sharing
This paper deals with two issues that are important areas of concern in the recent literature on water management in less-developed countries: forms of ownership of groundwater resources and alternatives to anarchy in the exploitation and use of groundwater. The emergence of a market for irrigation water has been argued to have the potential to provide irrigation water to large numbers of small cultivators in developing countries. The development…
Agrarian Reform and Land Markets
The Labour Process in Rural Haryana (India)
Forms of labour hiring and the extent of unemployment are analysed using primary data collected from two villages in Haryana (India) during 2002–3. Data from these villages show that wage labourers, particularly women, faced extremely high levels of unemployment. Employment in agriculture was limited and new forms of labour hiring contracts had emerged under conditions of high unemployment. Earnings of manual workers were very low and gender disp…
Agrarian Reform and Land Markets
Non-Market Interventions in Water-Sharing
This paper deals with two issues that are important areas of concern in the recent literature on water management in less-developed countries: forms of ownership of groundwater resources and alternatives to anarchy in the exploitation and use of groundwater. The emergence of a market for irrigation water has been argued to have the potential to provide irrigation water to large numbers of small cultivators in developing countries. The development…
Agrarian Reform and Land Markets
Non-Market Interventions in Water-Sharing
This paper deals with two issues that are important areas of concern in the recent literature on water management in less-developed countries: forms of ownership of groundwater resources and alternatives to anarchy in the exploitation and use of groundwater. The emergence of a market for irrigation water has been argued to have the potential to provide irrigation water to large numbers of small cultivators in developing countries. The development…
Rural Banking
The Labour Process in Rural Haryana (India)
Forms of labour hiring and the extent of unemployment are analysed using primary data collected from two villages in Haryana (India) during 2002–3. Data from these villages show that wage labourers, particularly women, faced extremely high levels of unemployment. Employment in agriculture was limited and new forms of labour hiring contracts had emerged under conditions of high unemployment. Earnings of manual workers were very low and gender disp…
Income Inequality and Caste in Village India
In this paper, we examine inequality in incomes between households of different castes in rural India, using a unique dataset comprising household data from a cross-section of eight villages across four States. The focus of this paper is on Dalit or Scheduled Caste households. We begin with very simple measures of differences between groups, such as proportional representation in different quintiles and the frequency distribution of households ac…
Are there Benefits from the Cultivation of Bt Cotton? A Comment Based on Data from a Vidarbha Village
This note examines costs and returns from the cultivation of different types of cotton in a rainfed village in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, India. While the pros and cons of GM cotton are extensively debated, there are only a few empirical studies on the economic performance of Bt cotton, particularly under rainfed conditions. The results from a detailed survey of farm business incomes show that Bt cotton was a clear leader in terms of pro…
Is India Really a Country of Low Income-Inequality? Observations from Eight Villages
There is a misconception in the literature that income distribution in India is less unequal than, for instance, in China or the countries of Latin America. This misconception is based on a comparison of like with unlike. Studies of income distribution for most countries are based as they should be on household income data, while corresponding studies of income distribution for India are based on household consumption expenditure data, and it is …
Some Aspects of the Implementation of India's Employment Guarantee
International Development, Labor and Human Capital, Public Economics
Changes in the Distribution of Operational Landholdings in Rural India
International Development, Land Economics/Use
Scheduled Tribe Households
International Development, Labor and Human Capital
Economics (9 works) · Agricultural risk and resilience (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Socioeconomics (6 works) · Social and Economic Development in India (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Demographic economics (4 works) · Agriculture (3 works) · Caste (3 works)