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Handbook of Internal Migration in India is an inter-disciplinary, multi-faceted and thought-provoking book on internal migrants and their dynamics among the states in India. The first of its kind, this handbook provides novel information on processes, trends, determinants, differentials and dynamics of internal migration and its inter-linkages with individuals, families, economy and society. Most of the chapters have been written by scholars of repute who have spent their lifetime working on migration and the factors associated with it. This handbook is an attempt to address the lacunae in internal migration studies using both big data, such as Indian censuses, National Sample Surveys, India Human Development Surveys and Kerala Migration Surveys, and micro-level data collected by enthusiastic researchers in most parts of India to explore the unknown facets of internal migration. This book employs interdisciplinary and mixed methods to examine issues such as climate change, gender, urbanization, caste/tribe, religion, politics and emergence of migration policies. It addresses the crucial question as to why temporary and short-term migration continues to be an important livelihood strategy for millions of migrants thereby having an everlasting impact on the sociopolitical and economic structure of the country.
Associated Gains from Migration
Associated Gains from Migration
Introduction
Migration is always seen as a livelihood strategy which brings economic well-being to migrant-sending households. In India, internal migration as a phenomenon is witnessed in all sections of society and across all communities and economic groups, that is, both the poor and rich as well as the deprived and privileged migrate. Migration as a phenomenon is assumed to bring economic benefits or prosperity to the migrant-sending households at the origin through the inflow of remittances. A study by Tumbe (2011) showed that India's domestic remittance market was around $10 billion in 2007–2008, of which 60 per cent was received through interstate transfers. It was also observed that 80 per cent of the ...
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