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South-South Migration and the Labor Market : Evidence from South Africa. / Giovanni Facchini.
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Facchini, Giovanni.
- Series:
- Other papers
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brain Drain.
- Civil Conflict.
- Developing Countries.
- Economics.
- Educational Attainment.
- Employment.
- Human Resources.
- Human Rights.
- Immigration.
- International Migration.
- Knowledge.
- Labor Market.
- Labor Markets.
- Labor Policies.
- Labor Relations.
- Labor Standards.
- Migrant Workers.
- Occupations.
- Primary Education.
- Public Policy.
- Refugees.
- Remittances.
- Secondary Education.
- Skilled Workers.
- Social Protections and Labor.
- Tolerance.
- Unemployment.
- Wages.
- Women.
- Workers.
- Local Subjects:
- Brain Drain.
- Civil Conflict.
- Developing Countries.
- Economics.
- Educational Attainment.
- Employment.
- Human Resources.
- Human Rights.
- Immigration.
- International Migration.
- Knowledge.
- Labor Market.
- Labor Markets.
- Labor Policies.
- Labor Relations.
- Labor Standards.
- Migrant Workers.
- Occupations.
- Primary Education.
- Public Policy.
- Refugees.
- Remittances.
- Secondary Education.
- Skilled Workers.
- Social Protections and Labor.
- Tolerance.
- Unemployment.
- Wages.
- Women.
- Workers.
- Other Title:
- South-South Migration and the Labor Market
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2011.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Using census data for 1996, 2001 and 2007 the authors study the labor market effect of immigration in South Africa. In this period the share of foreign born over the total population has grown by almost fifty percent, and both the characteristics and geographical distribution of immigrants show substantial variation over time. The author exploit these features of the data to carry out an analysis that combines both the 'spatial correlation' approach pioneered by card (1990) and the variation across schooling and experience groups used by Borjas (2003). The author estimate that increased immigration has a negative effect on natives employment outcomes, but not on total income. Furthermore, we find that skilled South Africans appear to be the most negatively affected subgroup of the population.
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