This study quantitatively explores the changing population geography in Bengal, with a particular focus on Partition in India in 1947 and Independence of Bangladesh in 1971. Based on decadal census data from 1901 to 2001 at the district level, this paper explores how trends in regional population growth evolved with such historical events. Following Redding and Sturm (2008), Differences-in-Differences estimation is also employed. Estimation results show that there were different shocks on both sides and from both events. In West Bengal, the change in the regional population trends occurred in 1947 and remained similar thereafter. On the other hand, in East Bengal, the population growth became statistically significant after 1971. Further robustness checks show that the impacts were not uniform with respect to the distance from the border. Overall analyses show that the emergence of the international border in Bengal had asymmetric impacts on both sides.
権利
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雑誌名
IDE Discussion Paper
雑誌名(英)
IDE Discussion Paper
巻
590
発行年
2016-03-01
出版者
Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO)
著者版フラグ
publisher
日本十進分類法
334.2
JEL分類
JEL:F15 - Economic Integration
JEL:N95 - Asia including Middle East
JEL:R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity;
JEL:R23 - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population
地域/国名
南アジア
インド
パキスタン
キーワード(LSH)
Population
Independence movements
Separatism
Regional population dynamics
Border regions
Partition and independence
Partition, independence, and population geography in Bengal
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