Labour migration and livelihoods

What this covers

Globalization reshapes livelihoods through changing demand, production locations, labour recruitment, mobility, skill premiums and exposure to distant markets. Migration may be seasonal, circular, internal or international; it can diversify household income and expand opportunity while also transferring care burdens, weakening security and exposing workers to unequal bargaining power. Study sending and receiving regions together, including remittances, family organization, informal work, portability of services, gendered labour, recruitment chains and the relationship between rural transformation and urban employment.