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Key Influencers of Propensity to Migrate among India’s Labor


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The Covid-19 pandemic has adversely affected every household in India. The worst plight has been of 139 million migrant workers, whose daily livelihoods have come under threat. It is essential to understand the basic reasons for migration of the labor force. This paper studies ten different factors, which influence the propensity of this phenomenon. It finds that demographic factors like gender and urbanization have a higher impact than socioeconomic factors like poverty (BPL), involvement in farming and permanence of job contract. Thus, this research will aid policy makers in designing efficient social welfare schemes and decentralization of economic opportunities.
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Nirad Inamdar
Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, India

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The Covid-19 pandemic has adversely affected every household in India. The worst plight has been of 139 million migrant workers, whose daily livelihoods have come under threat. It is essential to understand the basic reasons for migration of the labor force. This paper studies ten different factors, which influence the propensity of this phenomenon. It finds that demographic factors like gender and urbanization have a higher impact than socioeconomic factors like poverty (BPL), involvement in farming and permanence of job contract. Thus, this research will aid policy makers in designing efficient social welfare schemes and decentralization of economic opportunities.

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