Contemporary Labour Market Policy and Poverty in South Africa

Muzi Maziya ()
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Muzi Maziya: Office of the Premier – Mpumalanga

Working Papers from University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit

Abstract: The This paper outlines the recent labour market reforms in South Africa and discusses their likely impact on poverty and the working poor. Gauteng, South Africa's economic powerhouse, has long been dependent on immigration to supply its labour requirements, a phenomenon deeply rooted in the provinces early economic history and the development of mining and heavy industry. As far as possible, the analysis compared in-migrants to non-migrants and intra-Gauteng migrants in order to provide insight into special benefits or challenges that in-migrant households may present. The Labour Force Survey module on migrant labour allowed the profiling of migrant labourers and the approximation of economic links between Gauteng and other provinces as represented by remittances.

Keywords: South Africa: Contemporary Labour Market Policy; Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22 pages
Date: 1999-12
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Published in Working Paper Series by the Development Policy Research Unit, December 1999, pages 1-22

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