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Are All Migrants Really Worse Off in Urban Labour Markets? New Empirical Evidence from China
Gagnon, Jason; Xenogiani, Theodora; Xing, Chunbing - eSocialSciences - 2012
The rapid and massive increase of rural-to-urban migration in China has drawn attention to the welfare of migrant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009393104
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Women and Migration: Creating New Identities
Davin, Delia - eSocialSciences - 2006
The cultural demands made of women by migrant communities struggling to establish a new identity and the stereotypes of women of other races often promoted by host communities are important forces in shaping the way in which women live their lives as migrants.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009250349
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China, India, Brazil and South Africa in the World Economy: Engines of Growth?
Nayyar, Deepak - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper attempts to analyse the economic implications of the rise of China, India, Brazil and South Africa, for … migration. The essential question is whether, in times to come, these four countries could be the new engines of growth for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008679110
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Creating Youth Employment in Asia
Dev, S. Mahendra - eSocialSciences - 2014
, social protection programmes, fair migration and indirect policies like pro employment macro policies. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945219
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Unilateral Facilitation Does Not Raise International Labor Migration from the Philippines
Beam, Emily; McKenzie, David; Yang, Dean - eSocialSciences - 2013
international labor migration. [BREAD Working Paper No. 396]. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945224
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Patterns of Migration, Water Scarcity and Caste in Rural Northern Gujarat
Fishman, Ram; Jain, Meha; Kishore, Avinash - eSocialSciences - 2013
Patterns of rural-urban migration and employment shifts in a region that is facing ongoing depletion of groundwater … resources in Northern Gujarat, India is discussed. Given that migration typically does not occur due to one singular risk, the … study assessed the multifactorial drivers of migration. [IGC Working Paper]. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945234
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Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and Informal Economy in India: Trends, Initiatives and Challenges
Dhanya M.B - eSocialSciences - 2013
This work examines the status of Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (FPRW) in the informal economy in India and locates the gaps and challenges in ratifying the ILO Conventions 87, 98, 138 and 182. The study also tries to identify various gaps in the existing data base of the informal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945260
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India Migration Bibliography
Tumbe, Chinmay - eSocialSciences - 2013
The India Migration Bibliography covers over 3,000 books, research articles and reports written on the subject of … internal migration, international migration and diaspora, related to India. The bibliography is inter-disciplinary and provides … considerable interest to academics and non-academics working on migration related issues. [SSRN]. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945365
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The Impact of NREGA on Rural-Urban Migration: Field survey of Villupuram District, Tamil Nadu
Jacob, Naomi - eSocialSciences - 2013
Migration can act as a negative force. It can lead to distress migration, which is what happens when people have to go … rural urban migration? [CCS Working Paper No. 202]. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945416
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Living Rough: Surviving City Streets
Mander, Harsh - eSocialSciences - 2013
This paper records the findings of a small investigation into a fragment of experiences of people living on streets and into the social, economic, nutritional situation of urban homeless men, women, boys and girls in four cities: the metropolises of Delhi and Chennai, and the cities of Madurai...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945450