Network Size and Temporary Migration

Article Article scientifique Article Network Size and Temporary Migration eng 2025-04-14 author Bahure Vikram 0000-0002-6866-7894 King's College London London UK 860885 author Saha Pritam 0009-0007-2255-5233 University of Geneva Geneva Switzerland 949727 Recherche et enseignement GSEM (RESEM) 17 rode.13233 10.1111/rode.13233 1363-6669 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author/GZ9PUQCRVMEAK4F4NEMP?target=10.1111/rode.13233 In this study, we explore the impact of network size on temporary migration, using data from the Indian Human Development Survey 2011–12. Network size indicates the availability of informal risk‐sharing for rural households, with temporary migration acting as another self‐insurance method. We demonstrate that the effect of network size on migration is contingent upon the network's endowment, particularly emphasizing the role of credit constraints in low‐endowed networks. The findings reveal that larger network sizes reduce temporary migration in high‐endowed upper‐caste networks but increase in less‐endowed lower‐caste networks. This association is supported using historical caste population data from the 1961 census and regions dominated by non‐migrants. We further ascertain that enhanced network size alleviates credit constraints in lower‐endowed networks, driven by the network's income and influenced by exogenous rainfall shocks. Caste network Network size Temporary migration Dewey 330 114 Institute of Economics and Econometrics S2 false Review of development economics 7cf442f7-7e64-40c9-9f94-5f275cbdb21f Article (Published version) Public Review Development Economics - 20251.pdf 588719 application/pdf CC BY-4.0 db26cda136610bee9c82e44f60b57dafdea2b4b9fdd5e232e264547eac522873 openAccess Faculté d'économie et de management / Institute of Economics and Econometrics

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