What money couldn’t buy

Social protection for migrants in India’s lockdown

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ID11401397
AuthorsKaran Singhal (0000-0001-9002-7490, University of Luxembourg and Luxembourg Institute of Socioeconomic Research (LISER), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, corresponding author), Ankur Sarin (0000-0002-7085-0778, Indian Institute of Management (Old Campus), Ahmedabad, India), Advaita Rajendra (0000-0002-4709-509X, Indian Institute of Management, Sirmaur, India)
Year2024
Volume45
Issue2
Pages205-221
Publication date2024-04-02
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCanadian Journal of Development Studies/Revue canadienne d études du développement (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0225-5189 • E-ISSN: 2158-9100
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02255189.2023.2245534
OpenAlexW4386095953
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited22

We analyze findings from a large-scale survey of over 11,000 respondents across 64 districts in India, conducted between December 2020 and January 2021 to examine the impact of the lockdown on internal migrants in India. We find that compared to the households without migrants, households with migrants were relatively advantaged in income levels before the pandemic but faced more severe food and financial vulnerability even nine months after the first lockdown. In addition, governmental social security support was more difficult to access for households with migrants. The paper joins several scholars in arguing for greater policy attention and social protection for migrants

Agriculture · Business · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Demographic economics · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Food insecurity · Food security · Geography · Pandemic · Political science · Scale (ratio · Social protection · Socioeconomics · Vulnerability (computing · Agricultural risk and resilience · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Migration and Labor Dynamics

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