Priyanka Muchahary

Priyanka Muchahary (PhD) is working as a Research Assistant in the ICSSR Funded Project titled ‘Assessment of Spatial and Seasonal Variations in the Child rearing practices of Bodo Tribal Mothers of Bodoland Territorial Region of Assam,’ in the Bodoland University, Rangalikhata, Debargaon, Kokrajhar, BTR, Assam, India. Awarded the PhD degree on the topic ‘Economic Growth and Human Development in India: A Study of Convergence and Divergence’ from the department of Economics, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, in December 2023. A research article from the PhD work titled ‘Convergence and divergence hypotheses: re-examination of Global and Indian Economies’ is published in the national journal, Hill Geographer, Vol. XXXVIII No. 1, ISSN 0970-5023.

Papers Published in World Economics:

A Panel Analysis of Inequality and Driving Factors of Economic Growth Across Economies

Authors: Priyanka Muchahary & Konita Basumatary

The paper examines the relationship between income inequality and economic growth, using various factors like the Gini index, initial per capita GDP, trade and financial openness, financial deepening, population growth, skill premium, energy use, price level ratio, and adult female mortality from 1990 to 2020. Statistical techniques such as ordinary least squares, fixed effects, and random effects regression were used to estimate these relationships. There is a positive relationship between income inequality and economic growth, indicating that higher levels of inequality tend to boost economic growth. Population growth and adult female mortality are consistently and negatively associated with economic growth.

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