Patterns of Migration, Water Scarcity and Caste in Rural Northern Gujarat

Ram Fishman (), Meha Jain () and Avinash Kishore ()

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Abstract: Patterns of rural-urban migration and employment shifts in a region that is facing ongoing depletion of groundwater resources in Northern Gujarat, India is discussed. Given that migration typically does not occur due to one singular risk, the study assessed the multifactorial drivers of migration. [IGC Working Paper].

Keywords: migration; India; Gujarat; rural-urban; employment; groundwater resources; immigrants; delhi; low skilled workers; jobs; income opportunity; drought; pull factors; push; risk; Water Scarcity; caste; social networks; workers; land depletion; migrant; villages; agriculture; household; cities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-07
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