2020
DOI: 10.1108/ijse-05-2020-0296
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Impact of occupational migration of unskilled labourer from domestic agriculture on farm business income in source households of Assam, India

Abstract: PurposeThe present study aims at examining the determinants of occupational migration of unskilled labourer from domestic agriculture and their impact on farm business income (FBI) in Assam, India.Design/methodology/approachPrimary data for this study were collected during June–November, 2019 from 224 farm (cultivator) households in two contiguous districts in central Brahmaputra valley of Assam. The study used three-stage least square (3SLS) estimation technique for jointly determining the factors influencing… Show more

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“…Climate change is also likely to lower wage rates in migrant-receiving districts (Maystadt et al, 2016). Nevertheless, nonagricultural jobs, through information networking, again encourage migration by raising transferrable skills and devaluing ties to the local community (Islam and Guha, 2020). Thus, climate-induced Indian labor migration is swayed not only by agricultural productivity but also by changes in nonagricultural earnings (Neog, 2022).…”
Section: Climateagriculturalmigration Nexus In Indiamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Climate change is also likely to lower wage rates in migrant-receiving districts (Maystadt et al, 2016). Nevertheless, nonagricultural jobs, through information networking, again encourage migration by raising transferrable skills and devaluing ties to the local community (Islam and Guha, 2020). Thus, climate-induced Indian labor migration is swayed not only by agricultural productivity but also by changes in nonagricultural earnings (Neog, 2022).…”
Section: Climateagriculturalmigration Nexus In Indiamentioning
confidence: 99%