Intriguing livelihood security strategies of the reversed migrant workers during the pandemic

Reimeingam Marchang ()
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Reimeingam Marchang: Institute for Social and Economic Change

Journal of Social and Economic Development, 2025, vol. 27, issue 1, No 4, 69-83

Abstract: Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic-induced joblessness owing to job loss and quit, and the work-from-home facility has led to reverse migration. Salary cuts, non-payment of salary and job insecurity led to joblessness that has adversely affected the migrant workers’ livelihood security, which necessitates the establishment of a compulsory wage and job agreement policy. Most reversed migrants, especially the jobless, have faced a variety of livelihood uncertainty and challenge, for which they have prudently adopted intriguing strategies to secure their lives and livelihood. The strategies include self-finance through the use of past savings or social security and employment in the same job of place of last residence (migration destination) or in a new job including self-employment, depending on parents and relatives, receiving free livelihood support, loans, curtailing expenditure, actively seeking for a job, and planning for re-migration for work. Few policy measures are suggested to secure the livelihood of the migrants in the event of a disaster.

Keywords: Joblessness; Reverse migration; Livelihood security strategies; Northeast migrant workers; Re-migration; COVID-19 pandemic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A14 J61 J62 J64 J69 O15 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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