On the internal mobility of Indians: Knowledge gaps and emerging concerns

S Chandrasekhar and Ajay Sharma

Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai Working Papers from Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India

Abstract: This paper identifies key knowledge gaps on the issue of migration and commuting workers in India. First, we need to understand how the sources of income of rural households in India have changed over time. We need to be able to quantify the importance of remittances by migrants and economic contributions of commuting workers as a source of income. Second, we need to understand why estimates of various types of migration flows, in particular short migration flows, captured by official data are at variance with localized studies. It is important to identify and plug the source of this disconnect. Third, we do not fully understand the extent to which rural-urban migration contributes to the phenomenon of urbanization of poverty. And finally, given the concern over exclusionary urbanization we need to understand the legal and structural impediments to migration.

Keywords: Internal Migration; Commuting by Workers; Exclusionary Urbanisation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J0 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22 pages
Date: 2012-09
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