The role of the informal sector in the migration process : a test of probabilistic migration models and labour market segmentation for India

On the basis of a hypothesis of probabilistic migration models i.e. that informal sector employment is a temporary staging post for new migrants on their way to formal sector employment, it is argued that there are no conclusive tests of this hypothesis in the empirical migration literature. Examination of evidence from a sample survey (1975-76) to test if the informal sector in Delhi performs the role postulated in probabilistic models. (Economische Voorlichtingsdienst)