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On-the-Job Search after Entering Urban Employment: An Analysis Based on Indian Migrants

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  • Banerjee, Biswajit
  • Bucci, Gabriella A

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Probabilistic migration models assume that informal sector employment serves a transitory role for migrants seeking formal sector jobs, but direct evidence on job search from informal sector employment is scarce. Based on survey data on 1600 migrants in Delhi, this paper is the first attempt to identify within a multivariate context, using logit analysis, the factors that are empirically important in explaining on-the-job search after entering urban employment. The results show that the likelihood of on-the-job search is higher if: migrants enter the informal wage sector and low-paying jobs, income at entry falls short of expectations, migrants are educated, do not own land at place of origin, and come from rural areas. Notably, non-wage workers are no more likely than formal sector entrants to engage in on-the-job search, and scheduled caste migrants have a greater propensity to search if in the formal sector but not in the informal sector. Copyright 1994 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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  • Banerjee, Biswajit & Bucci, Gabriella A, 1994. "On-the-Job Search after Entering Urban Employment: An Analysis Based on Indian Migrants," Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford, vol. 56(1), pages 33-47, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:obuest:v:56:y:1994:i:1:p:33-47
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    1. Ashish Singh, 2011. "Farm income inequality and the role of caste: new evidence from India," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 31(4), pages 2847-2862.
    2. Arup Mitra, 2010. "Migration, Livelihood and Well-being: Evidence from Indian City Slums," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 47(7), pages 1371-1390, June.
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    4. Jain, Varinder, 2020. "Vulnerability Exposure in Informal Manufacturing Sector A Reflection on Conceptual and Analytical Issues," MPRA Paper 103158, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    5. Tao, Hung-Lin & Huang, Chin-Hsiang, 2006. "Two-step on-the-job search--Evidence from Taiwan," Journal of Asian Economics, Elsevier, vol. 17(6), pages 1014-1029, December.
    6. Singh, Ashish, 2010. "Does returns to farming depend on Caste? New evidence from India," MPRA Paper 26526, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    7. Robert E. B. Lucas, 2000. "The Effects of Proximity and Transportation on Developing Country Population Migrations," Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series dp-111, Boston University - Department of Economics.
    8. Dewan, Ritu., 2000. "The warp and the web : organized production and unorganized producers in the informal food processing industry: case studies of bakeries, savouries establishments and fish processing in the City of Mu," ILO Working Papers 993431893402676, International Labour Organization.

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