Volume : VII, Issue : XI, November - 2017

A STUDY OF SOCIO ECONOMIC STATUS OF INTER-STATE MIGRANT WORKERS IN CHENNAI CITY

S. Pavithra

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 Human migration is a universal phenomenon. Migration from one area to another in search of improved livelihood is a key feature of human history. While some regions and sectors fall behind in their capacity to support populations, other move ahead and people migrate to access these emerging opportunities. Industrialization widens the gap between rural and urban areas, including a shift of the workforce towards industrializing areas. There is extensive debate on the factors that causes populations to shift from those that emphasize individual rationality and household behavior to those that cite the structural logic of capitalist development. Migration has become a universal phenomenon in modern times. A number of economic, social, cultural and political factors play an important role in the decision to move. The effects of these factors vary over time and place. Against this background, an attempt has been made in this paper to study any change in the economic condition of the migrant labourers before and after migration.

The paper is divided into three sections. The review of earlier works, objectives, data and methodology of the study is given in Section I.  Trends and pattern of migrant labourers in India are discussed in Section II. Section III analyses the socio economic status of respondents in Chennai city. The last section offers a concluding observation along with some suggestions. 

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S.Pavithra, A STUDY OF SOCIO ECONOMIC STATUS OF INTER-STATE MIGRANT WORKERS IN CHENNAI CITY, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-11 | November-2017

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