Country of origin and employment prospects among immigrants: An analysis of south-south and north-south migrants to South Africa

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dc.creatorPeters, Amos C
dc.creatorSundaram, Asha
dc.date2014-11-06T10:46:10Z
dc.date2014-11-06T10:46:10Z
dc.date2014-11
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-28T10:06:46Z
dc.date.available2015-05-28T10:06:46Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-28
dc.descriptionWe study the relationship between country of origin and employment prospects for immigrants to South Africa, an emerging host country characterized by high levels of unemployment, labour market imperfections and a scarcity of skills. Using the 2001 South African census, we estimate the probability of being employed for working-age immigrant men and South African internal migrants. We find that, conditional on individual characteristics and education levels, the probability of being employed varies by country of origin, and that it is different for immigrants relative to native internal migrants. Immigrants from advanced sending countries outperform natives, while those from certain central, west-African and Asian countries underperform them. Additionally, results indicate that education increases the probability of employment for immigrants from all countries. These probabilities converge at high levels of education, resulting in greater dispersion of employment probabilities across countries at lower levels of education.
dc.identifierPeters, A.C., Sundaram, A. (2014). Country of origin and employment prospects among immigrants: An analysis of south-south and north-south migrants to South Africa. A Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit Working Paper Number 136. Cape Town: SALDRU, University of Cape Town
dc.identifier978-1-920517-76-2
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/768
dc.identifier.ris TY - Working Paper DA - 2015-05-28 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Migration KW - Employment KW - South Africa KW - South-south migration LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - Country of origin and employment prospects among immigrants: An analysis of south-south and north-south migrants to South Africa TI - Country of origin and employment prospects among immigrants: An analysis of south-south and north-south migrants to South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11090/768 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/768
dc.languageen
dc.publisher.departmentSALDRUen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.relationSaldru Working Paper;136
dc.subjectMigration
dc.subjectEmployment
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.subjectSouth-south migration
dc.titleCountry of origin and employment prospects among immigrants: An analysis of south-south and north-south migrants to South Africa
dc.typeWorking Paper
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uct.type.resourceWorking Paperen_ZA
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