Labour Migration: an Insight
1. Introduction: What is Labour Migration? 2. Migration in India: Statistical Framework and Regional Disparities
2.1 Inter – state migration flows 1991-2002
2.2 Inter-state migration: socio-economic determinants
3. Who Migrates?
3.1 Female Migration
3.2 Segmentation of labour markets by ethnic group
3.3 Age Profile of Migrants
3.4 Do the poorest migrate? 4. Causes of Migration
4.1 Push Factors 4.2 Pull Factors
4.3 The Urban Informal Sector
4.4 Do the poorest migrate?
4 Impact of Migration 5.5 Effects of outmigration on local labour availability 5.6 The impacts on family structure 5.7 Migration as a livelihood strategy 5.8 Remittance flows 5.9 Migration as a driver of economic growth and poverty reduction 5.10 Investment by migrants and returnees in sending areas 5.11 Migration and inequality
5 Conclusion and Policy Implications for Migration 6 Literature Review 7 Bibliography
1. INTRODUCTION
The "United Nations Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families” defines migrant worker as follows:
‘The term "migrant worker" refers to a person who is engaged or has been engaged in a remunerated activity in a State of which he or she is not a national.’
Migration from one area to another in search of improved livelihood is a key feature of human history. While some regions and sectors fall behind in their capacity to support populations, others move ahead and people migrate to access these emerging opportunities. Industrialization widens the gap between rural and urban areas, including a shift of the workforce towards industrializing areas.
Migration has become a universal phenomenon in modern times. Due to the expansion of transport and communication, it has become a part of worldwide process of urbanization and industrialization. In most countries, it has been observed that
2.1 Inter – state migration flows 1991-2002
2.2 Inter-state migration: socio-economic determinants
3. Who Migrates?
3.1 Female Migration
3.2 Segmentation of labour markets by ethnic group
3.3 Age Profile of Migrants
3.4 Do the poorest migrate? 4. Causes of Migration
4.1 Push Factors 4.2 Pull Factors
4.3 The Urban Informal Sector
4.4 Do the poorest migrate?
4 Impact of Migration 5.5 Effects of outmigration on local labour availability 5.6 The impacts on family structure 5.7 Migration as a livelihood strategy 5.8 Remittance flows 5.9 Migration as a driver of economic growth and poverty reduction 5.10 Investment by migrants and returnees in sending areas 5.11 Migration and inequality
5 Conclusion and Policy Implications for Migration 6 Literature Review 7 Bibliography
1. INTRODUCTION
The "United Nations Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families” defines migrant worker as follows:
‘The term "migrant worker" refers to a person who is engaged or has been engaged in a remunerated activity in a State of which he or she is not a national.’
Migration from one area to another in search of improved livelihood is a key feature of human history. While some regions and sectors fall behind in their capacity to support populations, others move ahead and people migrate to access these emerging opportunities. Industrialization widens the gap between rural and urban areas, including a shift of the workforce towards industrializing areas.
Migration has become a universal phenomenon in modern times. Due to the expansion of transport and communication, it has become a part of worldwide process of urbanization and industrialization. In most countries, it has been observed that
Bibliography: * According to the National Commission on Rural Labour (1991) there are more than 10 million circular migrants in the rural areas alone out of which a million are inter-state migrants and 6 million are intra-state migrants.