The initial unemployment duration of immigrants to Khayelitsha/Mitchell's Plain

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dc.contributor.advisorLeibbrandt, Murrayen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorJakoet, Jasminen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-31T12:28:24Z
dc.date.available2014-07-31T12:28:24Z
dc.date.issued2007en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 28-30)
dc.description.abstractThe well-established internal migration streams from the poor neighbouring provinces to Cape Town are driven by the perception of urban opportunities for employment and a better life. This paper serves to broaden the understanding of the assimilation of immigrants to the Cape Town labour market by means of a discrete-time duration analysis of the time taken to find work after arrival. Low exit rates from unemployment mean that the pool of long-term unemployed stays large and puts pressure on government resources that are required to try and prevent people from falling into abject poverty. The initial unemployment spell of migrants is found to exhibit positive duration dependence as the hazard function increases over time, albeit over long time periods. Estimators for the parameters of a discrete-time hazard model are obtained via maximum likelihood methods. They suggest that the reality of the post-migration urban experience depends on gender, the use of household social networks, proficiency in English, possession of a matric qualification and higher reservation wages.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationJakoet, J. (2007). <i>The initial unemployment duration of immigrants to Khayelitsha/Mitchell's Plain</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5800en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationJakoet, Jasmin. <i>"The initial unemployment duration of immigrants to Khayelitsha/Mitchell's Plain."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5800en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationJakoet, J. 2007. The initial unemployment duration of immigrants to Khayelitsha/Mitchell's Plain. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Jakoet, Jasmin AB - The well-established internal migration streams from the poor neighbouring provinces to Cape Town are driven by the perception of urban opportunities for employment and a better life. This paper serves to broaden the understanding of the assimilation of immigrants to the Cape Town labour market by means of a discrete-time duration analysis of the time taken to find work after arrival. Low exit rates from unemployment mean that the pool of long-term unemployed stays large and puts pressure on government resources that are required to try and prevent people from falling into abject poverty. The initial unemployment spell of migrants is found to exhibit positive duration dependence as the hazard function increases over time, albeit over long time periods. Estimators for the parameters of a discrete-time hazard model are obtained via maximum likelihood methods. They suggest that the reality of the post-migration urban experience depends on gender, the use of household social networks, proficiency in English, possession of a matric qualification and higher reservation wages. DA - 2007 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2007 T1 - The initial unemployment duration of immigrants to Khayelitsha/Mitchell's Plain TI - The initial unemployment duration of immigrants to Khayelitsha/Mitchell's Plain UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5800 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/5800
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationJakoet J. The initial unemployment duration of immigrants to Khayelitsha/Mitchell's Plain. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2007 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5800en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Economicsen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEconomicsen_ZA
dc.titleThe initial unemployment duration of immigrants to Khayelitsha/Mitchell's Plainen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMBusScen_ZA
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