Seasonal migration of rural labor in India

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 473-489

  Haberfeld, Y ^d   Menaria, R K ^a   Sahoo, B B ^b   Vyas, R N ^c  

^a Soc for Devmt Research and Action   (India)

^b INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^c M L SUKHADIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

India; Migrant labor; Rural households

Indexed keywords

POPULATION MIGRATION; RURAL SOCIETY; SEASONALITY;

INDIA;

EID: 0033509943     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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