naa a22 4500 510809499 CHVBK 20180411083435.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12134-012-0241-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12134-012-0241-9 Is it Push or Pull? Recent Evidence from Migration into Bangalore, India [Elektronische Daten] [Kala Sridhar, A. Reddy, Pavan Srinath] Given urban areas contribute to more than 65% of India's gross domestic product (GDP), the sustainability of the rapid 8-9% GDP growth India has experienced in the last decade, is dependent to a large extent on urban areas. With migration being one of the important factors contributing to the growth of urban population, we attempt to understand whether it is push (out of the rural area) or pull (toward the urban area due to its perceived benefits) which explains migration in India, taking the case of Bangalore, which has one of the largest proportions of in-migrants to total population. An examination of these factors is done using a primary survey of migrants in Bangalore. Using a probit model, we find that the lower the level of education of the migrant, the greater the importance of the push factors whereas with increasing level of education of the migrant, pull factors become more important in migration. Women are more likely to be "pulled” toward urban areas. We find migrants from within Karnataka are "pushed”. This suggests that nonfarm employment opportunities have to be increased, rural infrastructure improved, and the development of small and medium towns encouraged. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2012 India nationallicence Migration nationallicence Bangalore nationallicence Cities nationallicence Rural-urban migration nationallicence Skilled and unskilled migrants nationallicence Migrants and non-migrants nationallicence Push versus pull factors in migration nationallicence Sridhar Kala Public Affairs Centre, 15 KIADB Industrial Area, Bommasandra-Jigani Link Road, Hennagara Post, 562106, Bangalore, India aut Reddy A. Public Affairs Center, 15 KIADB Industrial Area Bommasandra-Jigani Link Road Hennagara Post, Anekal Taluk, 562106, Bangalore, India aut Srinath Pavan Public Affairs Center, 15 KIADB Industrial Area Bommasandra-Jigani Link Road Hennagara Post, Anekal Taluk, 562106, Bangalore, India aut Journal of International Migration and Integration Springer Netherlands 14/2(2013-05-01), 287-306 1488-3473 14:2<287 2013 14 12134 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-012-0241-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-012-0241-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sridhar Kala Public Affairs Centre, 15 KIADB Industrial Area, Bommasandra-Jigani Link Road, Hennagara Post, 562106, Bangalore, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Reddy A. Public Affairs Center, 15 KIADB Industrial Area Bommasandra-Jigani Link Road Hennagara Post, Anekal Taluk, 562106, Bangalore, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Srinath Pavan Public Affairs Center, 15 KIADB Industrial Area Bommasandra-Jigani Link Road Hennagara Post, Anekal Taluk, 562106, Bangalore, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of International Migration and Integration Springer Netherlands 14/2(2013-05-01), 287-306 1488-3473 14:2<287 2013 14 12134 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer