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Migrant Networks in the Urban Labour Market: Evidence from India

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  • Ajay Sharma
  • Mousumi Das

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This paper analyses the informal channels of the job search process through migrant networks in the urban labour markets in developing countries. Using a novel approach and nationwide sample survey, we measure various aspects of migrant networks such as size, diversity, efficiency and experience content and estimate their effect on probability of employment. Our findings suggest that migrant stock (having experience content) has an inverted-U relationship with the probability of finding a job for a migrant. The share of employed workers in a migrant network (efficiency) and different origin identity (diversity) positively affect the employment outcome through weak ties. Further, the migrant network effect is more active in larger cities as compared to smaller urban areas. The implications of this study indicate towards the importance of non-market informal channels in job searches and the need for integrating labour markets to harness the benefits of larger positive network externalities.

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  • Ajay Sharma & Mousumi Das, 2018. "Migrant Networks in the Urban Labour Market: Evidence from India," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 54(9), pages 1593-1611, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jdevst:v:54:y:2018:i:9:p:1593-1611
    DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2017.1342815
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    1. Md. Selim Reja, 2022. "Out-Migration of Muslim Youth from Rural West Bengal to Other States in India: Reasons and Role of Social Networks," The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Springer;The Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE), vol. 65(4), pages 1137-1154, December.
    2. Breeta Banerjee & Amit Kundu, 2022. "Revisiting the Relationship Between Social Capital and Income of Informal Workers: An Empirical Analysis from Hooghly District of West Bengal, India," The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Springer;The Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE), vol. 65(3), pages 747-778, September.
    3. Valerie Mueller & Emily Schmidt & Nancy Lozano & Siobhan Murray, 2019. "Implications of Migration on Employment and Occupational Transitions in Tanzania," International Regional Science Review, , vol. 42(2), pages 181-206, March.

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