South-South Migration and the Labor Market: Evidence from South Africa

Giovanni Facchini, Anna Maria Mayda and Mariapia Mendola

No 331, Development Working Papers from Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano, University of Milano

Abstract: Using census data for 1996, 2001 and 2007 we 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. We 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). We 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.

Keywords: Immigration; Labor market effects; South Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 41
Date: 2012-03-27, Revised 2012-03-27
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-afr, nep-dev, nep-lab, nep-mig and nep-ure
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