Income Pattern of Migrant Labours at Alang Ship Breaking Yard

Hrudanand Misra

2023

Abstract

Migration is the process which is as old as human history. People move from one place to another due to economic factors dominate the decision to migrate. The decision to migrate is also influenced by income differential at the place of origin and place of destination. Individuals belonging to lower income have a greater propensity to migrate than others. Alang ship breaking yard employs 90 percent of migrant labours and they are largely from backward states of U.P, Bihar, Orissa and Jharkhand. Only a small fraction around 5-10 percent originates from Gujarat state. In the study of migration income plays important role, which decide the decision to migrate. The income of the labour determined by varies factors such as skill level, experience, age, education etc. The aim of the present paper is focus on the change of income pattern among the migrants employed at Alang ship breaking yard. The results show that workers present income is three to four time higher than previous income shown by pair t-test. The regression result also shows that skill level and experience of the migrants are important factors in present income.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Misra H. (2023). Income Pattern of Migrant Labours at Alang Ship Breaking Yard. In Proceedings of the 1st Pamir Transboundary Conference for Sustainable Societies - Volume 1: PAMIR; ISBN 978-989-758-687-3, SciTePress, pages 708-711. DOI: 10.5220/0012501800003792

in Bibtex Style

@conference{pamir23,
author={Hrudanand Misra},
title={Income Pattern of Migrant Labours at Alang Ship Breaking Yard},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st Pamir Transboundary Conference for Sustainable Societies - Volume 1: PAMIR},
year={2023},
pages={708-711},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012501800003792},
isbn={978-989-758-687-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st Pamir Transboundary Conference for Sustainable Societies - Volume 1: PAMIR
TI - Income Pattern of Migrant Labours at Alang Ship Breaking Yard
SN - 978-989-758-687-3
AU - Misra H.
PY - 2023
SP - 708
EP - 711
DO - 10.5220/0012501800003792
PB - SciTePress