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Internal borders and migration in India

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  • Kone,Zovanga Louis
  • Liu,Maggie Y.
  • Mattoo,Aaditya
  • Ozden,Caglar
  • Sharma,Siddharth
  • Kone,Zovanga Louis
  • Liu,Maggie Y.
  • Mattoo,Aaditya
  • Ozden,Caglar
  • Sharma,Siddharth

Abstract

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.

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  • Kone,Zovanga Louis & Liu,Maggie Y. & Mattoo,Aaditya & Ozden,Caglar & Sharma,Siddharth & Kone,Zovanga Louis & Liu,Maggie Y. & Mattoo,Aaditya & Ozden,Caglar & Sharma,Siddharth, 2017. "Internal borders and migration in India," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8244, The World Bank.
    • Handle: RePEc:wbk:wbrwps:8244
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    • J6 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
    • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration

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