India Migration Report 2020: Kerala Model of Migration Surveys

Book Overview

India Migration Report 2020 examines how migration surveys operate to collect, analyse and bring to life socio-economic issues in social science research.

With a focus on the strategies and the importance of information collected by Kerala Migration Surveys since 1998, the volume:

Explores the effect of male migration on women left behind; attitudes of male migrants within households; the role of transnational migration and it effect on attitudes towards women; Investigates consumption of remittances and their utilization; asset accumulation and changing economic statuses of households; financial inclusion of migrants and migration strategies during times of crises like the Kerala floods of 2018; Highlights the twenty-year experience of the Kerala Migration Surveys, how its model has been adapted in various states and led to the proposed large-scale India Migration Survey; and Explores issues of migration politics and governance, as well as return migration strategies of other countries to provide a roadmap for India.

The volume will be of interest to scholars and researchers of development studies, economics, demography, sociology and social anthropology, and migration and diaspora studies.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367625695
• ISBN13: 9780367625696
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Routledge India
• Length: 478 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"