Indian Construction Industry: Employment Conditions of Migrant Male Workers of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal

The present study seeks to explore the employment conditions of migrant workers of rising construction industries in India. It considers a case study of male migrants who are moving from a backward region of West Bengal to different urban destinations of the country to work. The study conceptualizes the work systems which migrants are engaged in. It analyses whether the migrants experience a decent work life and further examines why men choose to work under precarious work systems like dadan.