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On the Importance of Triangulating Datasets to Examine Indians on the Move

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  • S. Chandrasekhar
  • Mukta Naik
  • Shamindra Nath Roy

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A chapter dedicated to migration in the Economic Survey 2016-17 signals the willingness on the part of Indian policymakers to address the linkages between migration, labour markets and economic development. This paper attempts to take forward this discussion. The paper comments on the salient mobility trends in India gleaned from existing datasets, and then compare and critique estimates of the Economic Survey with traditional datasets. After highlighting the data and resultant knowledge gaps, the paper comments on the possibility of using innovative data sources and methods to understand migration and human mobility. It also offer ideas on how an enhanced understanding of mobility is important for policy interventions for those individuals who change locations permanently and those who move seasonally.

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  • S. Chandrasekhar & Mukta Naik & Shamindra Nath Roy, 2017. "On the Importance of Triangulating Datasets to Examine Indians on the Move," Working Papers id:12126, eSocialSciences.
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    1. S. Irudaya Rajan & P. Sivakumar & Aditya Srinivasan, 2020. "The COVID-19 Pandemic and Internal Labour Migration in India: A ‘Crisis of Mobility’," The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Springer;The Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE), vol. 63(4), pages 1021-1039, December.
    2. Priyanka Anjoy, 2023. "Hierarchical Bayes Measurement Error Small Area Model for Estimation of Disaggregated Level Workers Mobility Pattern in India," Journal of Quantitative Economics, Springer;The Indian Econometric Society (TIES), vol. 21(2), pages 339-361, June.
    3. Vasavi Bhatt & S. Chandrasekhar & Ajay Sharma, 2020. "Regional Patterns and Determinants of Commuting Between Rural and Urban India," The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Springer;The Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE), vol. 63(4), pages 1041-1063, December.
    4. Zaveri, Esha D. & Wrenn, Douglas H. & Fisher-Vanden, Karen, 2020. "The impact of water access on short-term migration in rural India," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 64(2), April.

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