Economic Affairs
  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 63
  • Issue: 1

On Labour Migration in India: Trends, Causes and Impacts

Department of Economics, Shibpur Dinobundhoo College, Howrah, West Bengal, India

*Corresponding author: sanyal.tilak@gmail.com

JEL Classification: R23, J12, J31, J46, J11.

Abstract

The paper considers the issue of labour migration which is very significant for economic development of any nation. It presents in a nutshell the trends and patterns of migration in India, its causes and impacts as discussed in the literature so far. After doing a rigorous survey of the literature we observe that the issue is, in some sense, neglected and its importance is underestimated. Hence, the paper would serve as a useful guide to the future research on this area.

Keywords

Regional Migration, Marriage, Wage differentials, Informal Labour Markets, Demographic Trends