Chhavi Tiwari on Internal Migration for Aspiration vs. Compulsion

Published: Oct. 21, 2021, noon

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This episode is the second in a mini-series of weekly short episodes featuring young scholars entering the academic job market who discuss their latest research. In this episode, Shruti talks with Chhavi Tiwari\\xa0about her job market paper titled \\u201cInternal Migration and Rural Inequalities in India\\u201d (with Sankalpa Bhattacherjee). They talk about the differences between seasonal and permanent migration in India, how economic factors influence migration patterns, why women with more children are less likely to work outside the home and much more. Tiwari is an assistant professor of economics at TAPMI, Manipal. She obtained her Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Management, Ranchi.

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