Based on a three-year joint research project, this book collects studies on the cultural basis of economic growth in India. Unlike the foregoing investigations on India's economic growth from the economic perspectives, this book presents interdisciplinary discussions on India's economic growth. The participants in this project consist of a cultural anthropologist who is an expert in the social and historical study on India as well as a group of researchers specializing in various fields of economics such as growth theory, public finance, income distribution, family economics, and economics of education. Our joint research yields new insights on India's economic growth and social change. In addition, this book presents new findings of happiness in India obtained by our large-scale survey.

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Kazuo Mino, Kyoto University, Institute of Economic Research Yoshida Honmachi, Kyoto,Japan.Tadashi Yagi, Doshisha University, Kamigyo-ku Faculty of Economics, Kyoto, Japan.

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Preface (Kazuo Mino and Tadashi Yagi)

Chapter 1: India as a Diverse Society --The Development Pathways of South Asia (tentative title) (Akio

Tanabe)

Chapter 2: Economic Growth and Structural Change: The Case of India (Kazuo Mino), "

Chapter 3: On the Social Environment and Economic Growth in India (tentative title) (Tadashi Yagi)

Chapter 4: Happiness and Social Capital in India (Yoshio Itaba)

Chapter 5: What affects women's happiness in India? (Kanako Takimoto and Akihiko Kawaura)

Chpter 6: Happiness and Inequality in India (tentative title) (Sayaka Sakota)

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