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An Empirical Exploration of the Population-Environment Nexus in India

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  • Haimanti Bhattacharya
  • Robert Innes

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This article presents an empirical study of population growth and environmental change using cross-section district-level data from South, Central, and West India. Environmental change is measured using a satellite-based vegetation index. Unlike prior work, the analysis treats population growth and environmental change as jointly determined, distinguishes between rural and urban populations, and distinguishes between two components of population growth, natural growth and migration. Among key findings are that environmental decline spurs rural population growth and net rural in-migration, which prompt further environmental decline; environmental improvement spurs urban population growth and net urban in-migration; and environmental scarcity spurs environmental improvement. Copyright 2008, Oxford University Press.

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  • Haimanti Bhattacharya & Robert Innes, 2008. "An Empirical Exploration of the Population-Environment Nexus in India," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 90(4), pages 883-901.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:ajagec:v:90:y:2008:i:4:p:883-901
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    4. Chakravarty, Shourish & Mullally, Conner, 2018. "Impact of NREGS on Forest Cover," 2018 Annual Meeting, February 2-6, 2018, Jacksonville, Florida 266696, Southern Agricultural Economics Association.
    5. Chakravarty, Shourish & Mullally, Conner C., 2020. "Impacts of anti-poverty programs on land use change – the case of NREGS in India," 2020 Annual Meeting, July 26-28, Kansas City, Missouri 304640, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
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    7. Ingrid Dallmann & Katrin Millock, 2016. "Climate Variability and Internal Migration: A Test on Indian Inter-State Migration," Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers) halshs-00825807, HAL.
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