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Rural-Urban Migration and Urban Poverty: Socio-Economic Profiles of Rickshaw Pullers and Owner-Contractors in North-East Delhi

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  • Takashi Kurosaki

    (Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)

  • Yasuyuki Sawada

    (Faculty of Economis, University of Tokyo)

  • Asit Banerji

    (Centre of Economic and Social Research, Delhi)

  • S.N. Mishra

    (Centre of Economic and Social Research, Delhi)

Abstract

In December 2005 and January 2006, we conducted a pilot survey to collect detailed information on eighty rickshaw pullers and twenty-six rickshaw owner-contractors in north-east Delhi. This is a preliminary report based on the data thus collected.

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  • Takashi Kurosaki & Yasuyuki Sawada & Asit Banerji & S.N. Mishra, 2007. "Rural-Urban Migration and Urban Poverty: Socio-Economic Profiles of Rickshaw Pullers and Owner-Contractors in North-East Delhi," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-485, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo.
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    1. Kurosaki, Takashi & 黒崎, 卓 & Lal, Kaushalesh & Mangal, A. K. & Banerji, Asit & Mishra, S. N., 2015. "Entrepreneurship in Micro and Small Enterprises: Empirical Findings from a Baseline Study in Northeastern Areas of Delhi, India," CEI Working Paper Series 2015-7, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University.
    2. Kurosaki, Takashi, 2012. "Urban Transportation Infrastructure and Poverty Reduction: Delhi Metro's Impact on the Cycle Rickshaw Rental Market," PRIMCED Discussion Paper Series 24, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University.
    3. Jain, Tarun & Sood, Ashima, 2017. "How does relationship-based governance accommodate new entrants? Evidence from the cycle-rickshaw rental market," Journal of Institutional Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 13(3), pages 673-697, September.
    4. Wadood, Syed Naimul & Tehsum, Mostofa, 2018. "Examining Vulnerabilities: the Cycle Rickshaw Pullers of Dhaka City," MPRA Paper 83959, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    5. Priya Deshingkar & Shaheen Akter, 2009. "Migration and Human Development in India," Human Development Research Papers (2009 to present) HDRP-2009-13, Human Development Report Office (HDRO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), revised Apr 2009.
    6. BANERJI, Asit & GOTO, Jun & ISHIZAKI, Hironori & KUROSAKI, Takashi & LAL, Kaushalesh & PAUL, Shampa & SAWADA Yasuyuki & TSUDA, Shunsuke, 2018. "Entrepreneurship in Micro and Small Enterprises: Empirical Findings from Resurveys in Northeastern Areas of Delhi, India," Discussion paper series HIAS-E-65, Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study, Hitotsubashi University.
    7. Sadhu, S.L.N. Sarma & Tiwari, Geetam & Jain, Himani, 2014. "Impact of cycle rickshaw trolley (CRT) as non-motorised freight transport in Delhi," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 35(C), pages 64-70.
    8. Kurosaki, Takashi & 黒崎, 卓 & Banerji, Asit & Mishra, S. N. & Mangal, A. K., 2012. "Unorganized Enterprises and Rural-Urban Migration in India: The Case of the Cycle Rickshaw Sector in Delhi," PRIMCED Discussion Paper Series 28, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University.

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