The Partition of India: Demographic Consequences

Bharadwaj, Prashant; Khwaja, Asim; Mian, Atif

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1294846

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“…Bharadwaj et al (2008b) find that more literate migrants traveled further from the border. We are concerned, however, with the impact of largely illiterate and poor migrant peasants.…”

Section: Data and Empirical Strategymentioning

confidence: 71%

“…While the flows along the Western border were fairly even (equal numbers of people moved between West Pakistan and Indian Punjab), the flows along the Eastern border were very uneven -approximately 3 million migrants came into Bengal and its surrounding states, while only 600,000 migrants left India to enter East Pakistan (Bharadwaj et al, 2008b). Hence, along with a split between jute mills and fields, the partition resulted in net positive migration into West Bengal and states like Bihar and Orissa.…”

Section: Background: Jute In India and The Partitionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For this specification to be valid, D i must predict M i and must also be uncorrelated with u, the unobserved determinants of jute cultivation. In Bharadwaj et al (2008b), the authors establish that partition related migration into district i is strongly related to the distance of district i from the border. However, there are two reasons the exclusion restriction may fail.…”

Section: Data and Empirical Strategymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The migration due to partition involved approximately 16 million people crossing borders in a span of 3 years (Bharadwaj et al, 2008b). On a broad scale, the migration brought about demographic changes, altering sex ratios, occupational structures, and literacy rates in Pakistan and India (Bharadwaj et al, 2008a).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Partition, Migration, and Jute Cultivation in India

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Fenske

2009

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Abstract. Climate change is expected to displace millions of involuntary migrants in Bangladesh. We draw on history to show that these "environmental refugees" can play a positive role in the regions that receive them by looking at the partition of India. We use an instrumental variables (IV) strategy to show that the migrants played a major role in India's take-up of jute cultivation. Our estimates suggest that migrants fully explain post-Partition jute cultivation. Consistent with migrants bringing jute-specific skills with them, we find that migrants increased jute yields and did not increase the cultivation of other crops.

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“…Bharadwaj et al (2008b) find that more literate migrants traveled further from the border. We are concerned, however, with the impact of largely illiterate and poor migrant peasants.…”

Section: Data and Empirical Strategymentioning

confidence: 71%

Section: Background: Jute In India and The Partitionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Data and Empirical Strategymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Partition, Migration, and Jute Cultivation in India

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Fenske

2009

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“…One of the main features of the migratory flows during partition was their unevenness across the two borders. While the flows along the Western border were fairly even (equal numbers of people moved between West Pakistan and Indian Punjab), the flows along the Eastern border were very uneven -approximately 3 million migrants came into Bengal and its surrounding states, while only 600,000 migrants left India to enter East Pakistan (Bharadwaj et al, 2008b). Hence, along with a split between jute mills and fields, the partition resulted in net positive migration into West Bengal and states like Bihar and Orissa.…”

Section: Background: Jute In India and The Partitionmentioning

confidence: 99%