Internal Borders and Migration in India

Internal mobility is a critical component of economic growth and development, as it enables the reallocation of labor to more productive opportunities across sectors and regions. Using detailed district-to-district migration data from the 2001 Cens...

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Main Authors:	Kone, Zovanga L., Liu, Maggie Y., Mattoo, Aaditya, Ozden, Caglar, Sharma, Siddharth
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	MIGRATION INTERNAL BORDERS RELOCATION MOBILITY ENTITLEMENTS EMPLOYMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/389841511186819498/Internal-borders-and-migration-in-India http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28904

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spelling	okr-10986-289042021-06-08T14:42:47Z Internal Borders and Migration in India Kone, Zovanga L. Liu, Maggie Y. Mattoo, Aaditya Ozden, Caglar Sharma, Siddharth MIGRATION INTERNAL BORDERS RELOCATION MOBILITY ENTITLEMENTS EMPLOYMENT Internal mobility is a critical component of economic growth and development, as it enables the reallocation of labor to more productive opportunities across sectors and regions. Using detailed district-to-district migration data from the 2001 Census of India, the paper highlights the role of state borders as significant impediments to internal mobility. The analysis finds that average migration between neighboring districts in the same state is at least 50 percent larger than neighboring districts on different sides of a state border, even after accounting for linguistic differences. Although the impact of state borders differs by education, age, and reason for migration, it is always large and significant. The paper suggests that inter-state mobility is inhibited by state-level entitlement schemes, ranging from access to subsidized goods through the public distribution system to the bias for states' own residents in access to tertiary education and public sector employment. 2017-11-30T20:00:10Z 2017-11-30T20:00:10Z 2017-11 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/389841511186819498/Internal-borders-and-migration-in-India http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28904 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8244 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper South Asia India
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spellingShingle	MIGRATION INTERNAL BORDERS RELOCATION MOBILITY ENTITLEMENTS EMPLOYMENT Kone, Zovanga L. Liu, Maggie Y. Mattoo, Aaditya Ozden, Caglar Sharma, Siddharth Internal Borders and Migration in India
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description	Internal mobility is a critical component of economic growth and development, as it enables the reallocation of labor to more productive opportunities across sectors and regions. Using detailed district-to-district migration data from the 2001 Census of India, the paper highlights the role of state borders as significant impediments to internal mobility. The analysis finds that average migration between neighboring districts in the same state is at least 50 percent larger than neighboring districts on different sides of a state border, even after accounting for linguistic differences. Although the impact of state borders differs by education, age, and reason for migration, it is always large and significant. The paper suggests that inter-state mobility is inhibited by state-level entitlement schemes, ranging from access to subsidized goods through the public distribution system to the bias for states' own residents in access to tertiary education and public sector employment.
format	Working Paper
author	Kone, Zovanga L. Liu, Maggie Y. Mattoo, Aaditya Ozden, Caglar Sharma, Siddharth
author_facet	Kone, Zovanga L. Liu, Maggie Y. Mattoo, Aaditya Ozden, Caglar Sharma, Siddharth
author_sort	Kone, Zovanga L.
title	Internal Borders and Migration in India
title_short	Internal Borders and Migration in India
title_full	Internal Borders and Migration in India
title_fullStr	Internal Borders and Migration in India
title_full_unstemmed	Internal Borders and Migration in India
title_sort	internal borders and migration in india
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2017
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/389841511186819498/Internal-borders-and-migration-in-India http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28904
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Internal Borders and Migration in India

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