We found that the workers in our sample have reasons to stay in the
urban informal sector though their chances of moving into the
formal sector may be quite limited. The reasons lie in the question
of mobility of workers in terms of income and occupation. Regarding
the income mobility, we found that higher income mobility was
confined to very low levels of past income. However, some of those
in higher income brackets in the past also experienced decline in
their incomes. But what is noteworthy is that the percentage of
that experiencing downward income mobility over time is much less
than those who reported an increase in incomes. Therefore, the
extent of upward income movement seems to exceed the downward
income movement. But at the same time, workers have faced downward
occupational mobility if the regular wage jobs are given the top
priority. However, we cannot judge improvements only in terms of
change in occupation categories; intra-occupational upward mobility
in terms of income cannot be ruled out. From this point of view, we
can say that the decision to migrate was not irrational at all even
though these workers may be working within the informal sector
their entire life.
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