A macro-picture of the sectoral composition of male and female labour migration is fi rst presented based on the 2007-08 migration survey by the National Sample Survey Offi ce (NSSO). The centrepiece of the paper, however, is a summarised presentation of the new primary level data that was generated by a series of micro-surveys conducted between 2009 and 2011 by the CWDS across 20 states, consolidated to present a meso-level view.
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