Escaping Local Risk by Entering Indentureship
Evidence from Nineteenth-Century Indian Migration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4959286 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Avinash Persaud (0000-0003-4712-197X, University of Richmond, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 447-476 |
| Publication date | 2019-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Economic History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0507 • E-ISSN: 1471-6372 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s002205071900007x |
| OpenAlex | W2943520543 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 41 |
Of the millions of Indians who migrated internationally in the long nineteenth century, over one million went as indentured servants in a massive South-South migration. I test how price volatility in origin markets in India affected out-migration under indentureship contracts from 1873-1916 to four major destinations around the world. Using new, unique district-level flows calculated from roughly 250,000 individual records, I show that indentureship take-up is consistent with migrating to escape local price volatility
Archaeology · Destinations · Economics · Economy · Financial economics · Geography · Tourism · Volatility (finance) · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 1,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |