Is it Push or Pull? Recent Evidence from Migration into Bangalore, India

Journal of International Migration and Integration

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 287-306

  Sridhar, Kala Seetharam ^a   Reddy, A Venugopala ^b   Srinath, Pavan ^b  

^a Public Affairs Centre   (India)

^b Public Affairs Center   (India)

Author keywords

Bangalore; Cities; India; Migrants and non migrants; Migration; Push versus pull factors in migration; Rural urban migration; Skilled and unskilled migrants

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; MIGRANT WORKER; POPULATION GROWTH; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; SKILLED LABOR; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN POPULATION;

BANGALORE; INDIA; KARNATAKA;

EID: 84876161460     PISSN: 14883473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12134-012-0241-9     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Banerjee, B. (1984). Information flow, expectations and job search: rural-to-urban migration process in India. Journal of Development Economics, 15(1-3), 239-257.
2. Banerjee (1986). Rural to urban migration and the urban labour market (a case study of Delhi). Bombay, India, Himalaya Publishing House, xviii, 285 p. (Studies in Economic Development and Planning No. 41).
3. Banerjee, B., & Kanbur, S. M. (1981). On the specification and estimation of macro rural-urban migration functions: with an application to Indian data. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 43(1), 7-29.
4. Bird, K., & Deshingkar, P. (2009). Circular Migration in India. Policy Brief No 4, prepared for the World Development Report 2009.
5. Chakrabarti, S., & Kundu, A. (2009). Rural non-farm economy: a note on the impact of crop diversification and land conversion in India. Economic and Political Weekly, 44(12), 69-75.
6. Deshingkar, P. (2003). Improved livelihoods in improved watersheds: can migration be mitigated? In Watershed management challenges: improving productivity, resources and livelihoods. Colombo: International Water Management Institute.
7. Deshingkar, P. (2006). Internal migration, poverty and development in Asia. ODI Briefing Paper No. 11, October.
8. Deshingkar, P., & Farrington, J. (2009). Circular migration and multi locational livelihoods: strategies in rural India. New York: Oxford University Press.
9. Deshingkar, P., & Grimm, S. (2004). Voluntary internal migration: an update. Paper commissioned by the Urban and Rural Change Team and the Migration Team, Policy Division, DFID. ODI.
10. Ghate, P. (2009). Internal migration: Oriyas in Gujarat. The Economic Times. April 28, 2009.
11. Harris, J., & Todaro, M. (1970). Migration, unemployment and development: a two-sector analysis. American Economic Review, 1, 126-142.
12. Hossain, Md. Zakir (2001). Rural-urban migration in Bangladesh: a micro-level study. Seminar Proceedings on Internal Migration, Brazil IUSSP Conference, August 20-24, 2001.
13. McCatty, Machel (2004), The process of rural-urban migration in developing countries. An honours essay submitted in fulfilment of the degree of Bachelor of Arts to Department of Economics, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario.
14. Ministry of Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation and Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India (2005), Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) Toolkits, New Delhi.
15. Mitra, A., & Murayama, M. (2008). Rural to urban migration: a district level analysis for India. IDE discussion paper no. 137. Japan: Institute of Developing Economies.
16. Paul, S., & Sridhar, K. S. (2009). The paradox of India's north-south divide. Unpublished mimeo. Public Affairs Centre, Bangalore.
17. Potts, D. (2000). Urban unemployment and migrants in Africa: evidence from Harare 1985-1994. Development and Change, 31(4), 879-910.
18. Savage, D., & Dasgupta, S. (2006). Governance framework for delivery of urban services. In 3iNetwork (Ed.), India infrastructure report 2006; urban infrastructure. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
19. Shanthi K (2006) Female labour migration in India: insights from NSSO data. Working Paper 4/2006, Madras School of Economics, Chennai, India.
20. Sridhar (2001). Synergies of urban employment strategies. The Hindu Business Line, October 8.
21. Sridhar, K. S. (2003). Firm location decisions and impact on local economies. Economic and Political Weekly, 38(39), 4121-4130.
22. Sridhar, K. S. (2006). Local employment impact of growth centres: evidence from India. Urban Studies, 43(12), 2205-2235.
23. Sridhar, K. S., & Mathur, O. P. (2009). Costs and challenges of local urban services: evidence from India's cities. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
24. Sridhar, K. S., & Venugopala Reddy, A. (2011). Reasons for rural-urban migration: recent evidences from Bangalore. In S. Irudaya Rajan (Ed.), India migration report 2011: migration, identity and conflict (pp. 125-143). New Delhi: Routledge.
25. Tianhong, W., Maruyama, A., & Kikuchi, M. (2000). Rural-urban migration and labor markets in China: a case study in a northeastern province. The Developing Economies, 38, 80-104.
26. Todaro, M. P. (1969). A model of labor migration and urban unemployment in less developed countries. American Economic Review, 59(1), 138-148.
27. Williamson, J. G. (1988). Migration and urbanization. In H. Chenery, T. N. Srinivasan, H. Chenery, & T. N. Srinivasan (Eds.), Handbook of development economics (Vol. I). Amsterdam: North Holland.
28. World Development Bank. (2009). World Development Report: Reshaping Economic Geography (chapter 5 on factor mobility and migration). Washington, DC: World Bank.