Migration of Labour in India: The squatter settlements of Delhi

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Cover Title Copyright Contents List of maps List of figures List of tables Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Glossary Abbreviations 1 Introduction: background and organisation of the case study Introduction Theoretical and analytical background of the case study Problem Empirical backdrop of the case study Hypotheses Choice of Delhi for the case study Generalising nature of the present case study Structure of the book References 2 Method in the sample survey Introduction Why only the squatter settlements? The process of sample selection The survey Retracing the criterion migrants after 17 years for a resurvey in 2009 References 3 Socio-economic status of migrants before migration Introduction A test on the area explanation of migration Occupational status and employment Assessment of economic position in the agricultural context Socio-economic indicators of status Migrants’ economic and social position Qualitative analysis of the socioeconomic position Conclusion References 4 Channels of information, job expectation and the process of migration Introduction Pre-migration urban visits, contacts, information and advice Pre-migration knowledge of vacancies and chances to get work in Delhi Attitudinal patterns of families towards migration to Delhi: an evidence of family strategy Patterns of job search, waiting and support in the urban labour market Jobs in Delhi Why not work in the village? Additional observations on the process of migration Conclusion References 5 Retrospective on the process of migration two decades later Introduction Whereabouts in 2009 Occupational status and mobility of the respondents What has changed in the jobs? How are new jobs different from the old ones? Change in skill Regarding those who were nonworkers in 2009 A retrospective on the process of migration by those who stayed in Delhi Conclusion References 6 Discovering and characterising groups of migrants Introduction Clustering analysis Groups emerging from the clustering exercise Significance of differences between groups Conclusion References 7 Who stays and who returns? Introduction The concept and illustration of the decision-tree method The decision-tree model with respect to the ‘stay or return’ dichotomy Analysis of the dynamics of ‘stay or return’ on the basis of knowledge gained from the decision tree Conclusion References 8 Conclusion References Appendix A: Empirical backdrop of starting the present longitudinal study in the early 1990s: a detailed note on then-prevalent interpretation of inter-State rural to urban migration in India Appendix B: Methodological details of the sample surveys and demographic profile of the criteria migrants Appendix C: Ownership, leasing-in and leasing-out of land Appendix D: Occupational moves at the sub-sectoral level Appendix E: Methodological details relating to data-mining techniques applied in Chapter 6 and Chapter 7 Appendix F: Statistical tables Appendix G: Details relating to the reduced dataset Appendix H: The four questionnaires and a letter format used during different stages of the study Index