 An Analysis of Rural-to-Rural MigrationPrabir Bhattacharya
Chapter Chapter 5 in Informal Sector, Migration, and the Beginnings of Structural Transformation, 2024, pp 57-70 from Springer Abstract: Abstract This chapter examines some of the determinants of rural-to-rural migration in India. For female migration for marriage, which accounted for nearly a half of the total rural-to-rural migration flow during the 1970s, the results of the chapter are not in discordance with the view of patrilocal exogamy as an insurance mechanism. However, we also find indirect support for the view that where women’s economic contributions are seen to be valuable in the context of the family and the village economy, the outmigration of women for the purpose of marriage would ceteris paribus be lower. For migration for purposes other than marriage, the scheduled caste status is seen to have an effect independent of its indirect effect on poverty. However, with the exception of migration for the purpose of marriage, we do not find the influences of our explanatory variables to differ greatly across gender. Keywords: Rural-to-rural migration; Female marriage migration; Patrilocal exogamy; Insurance mechanism; Female labour force participation; Caste system; India (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-61085-1_5 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-61085-1_5 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Springer Books from Springer |
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