Researching Internal Migration is a comprehensive guide for researchers and professionals to study internal migration in developing and underdeveloped economies.
This book:
• Explains key theoretical concepts related to migration
• Guides students and researchers on how to design surveys and the utility of census data • Unravels the complexities of large data sets and their interpretation
• Includes techniques for indirect measurement
• Presents methodology for estimating remittances at the sub-national and national levels
• Acquaints the impact of migration during emergency situations or pandemics like COVID-19
• Offers perspectives and tools for evaluating the policy impact of migration
Accessibly written, this book will be an essential theoretical and empirical guide for researchers in development studies, public policy, population studies, human geography and migration and diaspora studies.
Author(s): S. Irudaya Rajan, R. B. Bhagat
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 170
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of figures
List of tables
Foreword by K. C. Zachariah
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Basic Concepts and Migration Measures
Chapter 3 Migration Theories: An Evaluation and Synthesis
Chapter 4 Census-Based Migration Data
Chapter 5 Survey Data on Internal Migration
Chapter 6 Indirect Measurement of Internal Migration
Chapter 7 Consequences of Internal Migration
Chapter 8 Return Migration
Chapter 9 Migrants and Public Policies
Chapter 10 Conclusion
Index
