title: The determinants of migrating with a pre-arranged job and of the initial duration of urban unemployment:  an analysis based on Indian data on rural-to-urban migrants.
abstract: "Based on survey data on 1,400 rural migrants in Delhi, this paper examines within a multivariate context the determinants of migrating with a pre-arranged job and of the initial duration of urban unemployment. The results show that the probability of moving with a pre-arranged job increases with education and with age, and is higher for those who seek non-manual jobs. For migrants who arrive in the city without a pre-arranged job, unemployment duration depends on marital status, premigration information on urban employment opportunities, and on the reliance on contacts for job search."
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authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Banerjee
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001208:Asia; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D007194:India; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014478:Unemployment
keywords: Age Factors; Asia; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Educational Status; Employment; India; Macroeconomic Factors; Migrants; Migration; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Rural-urban Migration; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Southern Asia; Unemployment