
COVID-19 and Labor Migration in India
Evidences from the Pandemic
Herausgeber: Gaur, Kirti; Rajan, S. Irudaya; Keshri, Kunal
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This book, with articles by leading experts and researchers, explores the ongoing concerns of labor migration in India in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. It studies various aspects such as: * impact of COVID-19 pandemic on rural migrants * gender implications of agrarian change and labor migration in out-migrating states * geography of out-migrant husbands of women left behind home * processes of international labor out-migration and remittances * occupational mobility of migrants * social exclusion, discrimination, and identity crisis of migrants in urban slums * vulnerability of low-skill...
This book, with articles by leading experts and researchers, explores the ongoing concerns of labor migration in India in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. It studies various aspects such as: * impact of COVID-19 pandemic on rural migrants * gender implications of agrarian change and labor migration in out-migrating states * geography of out-migrant husbands of women left behind home * processes of international labor out-migration and remittances * occupational mobility of migrants * social exclusion, discrimination, and identity crisis of migrants in urban slums * vulnerability of low-skilled migrants at the urban destinations and the implications of short-term economic shocks like demonetization and COVID-led lockdown and * sociological implications of development, distress, and youth migration in India Drawing on integrative frameworks that combine primary research and secondary sources from a variety of disciplines, this book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of demography, economics, development studies, public policy, sociology, and geography.