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Labour Market Outcomes of Itinerant Workers in Rural India
Author(s) -
Agrawal Tushar,
Chandrasekhar S.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of international development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1328
pISSN - 0954-1748
DOI - 10.1002/jid.3126
Subject(s) - migrant workers , term (time) , labour economics , economics , instrumental variable , demographic economics , occupational mobility , variable (mathematics) , economic growth , econometrics , mathematical analysis , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics
This paper examines the characteristics, wages and mobility of short‐term migrants in India using a nationally representative database on migration. We find that an individual is more likely to be a short‐term migrant if he or she is from a district with a higher concentration of workers in the construction industry. Using instrumental variable method, we find that short‐term migrants are likely to earn lower wages compared with non‐short‐term migrants. Finally, we model the transition of short‐term migrant workers from one sector to another, drawing on the literature on income and occupational mobility. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.