Urbanization and spatial patterns of internal migration in India

dc.contributor.author	Chandrasekhar, S
dc.contributor.author	Sharma, Ajay
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-14T10:06:14Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-14T10:06:14Z
dc.date.issued	2014-05
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2275/316
dc.description.abstract	With an urbanization level of 31.16 percent in 2011, India is the least urbanized country among the top 10 economies of the world. In addition, unlike other countries, the transition of workforce out of agriculture is incomplete. This coupled with jobless growth in recent years has contributed to an increase in certain migration streams. While rural-rural migration continues to be the largest in terms of magnitude, we also document an increase in two-way commuting across rural and urban areas. Further, there are a large number of short term migrants and an increase in return migration rate is also observed.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	WP;WP-2014-016
dc.subject	Internal Migration Streams	en_US
dc.subject	Short Term Migration	en_US
dc.subject	Commuting	en_US
dc.subject	Return Migration	en_US
dc.subject	Regional Labour Mobility	en_US
dc.title	Urbanization and spatial patterns of internal migration in India	en_US
dc.type	Working Paper	en_US