01189pab a2200145 454500008004000000100002500040245008000065260000900145300001600154362001000170520078000180650002300960700002600983773003401009180718b2004   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aDholakia, Archana R.  aExpenditure allocation and welfare returns to government: a suggested model  c2004  ap.2386-394.  a5 Jun  aA model of government expenditure allocation among sectors is developed and its application is illustrated through the data on major Indian states from 1971 to 1991. It is argued that, at the margin, changes in expenditure allocation are determined not by the magnitude of marginal productivities of the government effort, but by the behaviour of marginal returns in relative terms. Nine indicators from education, health, nutrition and other social sectors measure the index of basic welfare as the output of government efforts. Revenue and capital expenditures of state governments on the economic (physical capital) sectors and social (human capital) sectors are considered over two decades - 1971-81 and 1981-91 to examine the stability of the coefficients. - Reproduced.  aPublic expenditure  aDholakia, Ravindra H.  aEconomic and Political Weekly