Urban poverty as social exclusion from the labor market: strategies and consequences Case study: poor rural immigrants of Tehran city

Hashemi, Abdorasool; Azkia, Mostafa; Mousavi, Yaghoub

doi:10.22054/qjsd.2022.69338.2387

Urban poverty as social exclusion from the labor market: strategies and consequences Case study: poor rural immigrants of Tehran city

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Abdorasool Hashemi ¹

Mostafa Azkia ¹

yaghoub mousavi ²

¹ University of Tehran

² Alzahra University

https://doi.org/10.22054/qjsd.2022.69338.2387

Abstract

Poverty and social inequality is one of the major problems of cities in developing countries, which has occurred following rapid urbanization. The purpose of this research is to explain the phenomenon of urban poverty in the south and southwest of Tehran (17, 18 and 19 districts) through a data-oriented and qualitative research. For this purpose, the grounded theory research method was used. The research technique includes direct observation, document review, and in-depth and semi-structured interviews. The participants in the research include heads of poor households living in the mentioned areas. in total, 37 people participated in the research. The sampling method is purposeful and snowball, which continued until the theoretical saturation stage. The results of the research based on the paradigm model are located in the five axes of causal conditions, background conditions, intervening conditions, strategies and consequences. In this topic, strategies and consequences are discussed. Based on the results, exclusion from the labor market was recognized as a central category in the phenomenon of poverty in the studied areas in Tehran. The results show that poor rural migrants have turned to methods for survival in the city due to the weakness of economic and human capital and unfavorable economic and employment conditions, which include informal and temporary employment, shared housing, and alternative treatment methods.

Keywords

Urban poverty

social exclusion

Exclusion from the labor market

Tehran City

Grandad theory

Subjects

۸۰/۵۰۰۰ Social Development Social Welfare Globalization Family abuse Job Satisfaction social participation

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