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Internal borders and migration in India (English)

Internal mobility is a critical component of economic growth and development, as it enables the reallocation of labor to more productive opportunities across sectors and regions. Using detailed district-to-district migration data from the 2001 Census of India, the paper highlights the role of state borders as significant impediments to internal mobility. The analysis finds that average migration between neighboring districts in the same state is at...
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Kone,Zovanga Louis; Liu,Maggie Y.; Mattoo,Aaditya; Ozden,Caglar; Sharma,Siddharth.

Internal borders and migration in India (English). Paper is funded by the Knowledge for Change Program (KCP)|Paper is funded by the Strategic Research Program (SRP)|Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8244 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/389841511186819498

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