South-South migration and the labor market: evidence from South Africa
Using census data for 1996, 2001 and 2007 we study the labor market effect of immigration to South Africa. We exploit the variation – both at the district and at the national level –in the share of foreign–born male workers across schooling and experience groups over time. In addition, we use an ins...
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| author | Biavaschi, Costanza Facchini, Giovanni Mayda, Anna Maria Mendola, Mariapia |
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| description | Using census data for 1996, 2001 and 2007 we study the labor market effect of immigration to South Africa. We exploit the variation – both at the district and at the national level –in the share of foreign–born male workers across schooling and experience groups over time. In addition, we use an instrumental variable empirical strategy to estimate the causal effect of immigration on the local labor market. At the district level, we show that increased immigration has a negative and significant effect on natives’ employment rates but not on total income. At the national level, we find that increased immigration has a negative and significant effect on natives’ total income but not on employment rates. Our results are consistent with outflows of natives to other districts as a consequence of migration, as in Borjas (2006). |
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| spelling | nottingham-507952020-05-04T19:43:17Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50795/ South-South migration and the labor market: evidence from South Africa Biavaschi, Costanza Facchini, Giovanni Mayda, Anna Maria Mendola, Mariapia Using census data for 1996, 2001 and 2007 we study the labor market effect of immigration to South Africa. We exploit the variation – both at the district and at the national level –in the share of foreign–born male workers across schooling and experience groups over time. In addition, we use an instrumental variable empirical strategy to estimate the causal effect of immigration on the local labor market. At the district level, we show that increased immigration has a negative and significant effect on natives’ employment rates but not on total income. At the national level, we find that increased immigration has a negative and significant effect on natives’ total income but not on employment rates. Our results are consistent with outflows of natives to other districts as a consequence of migration, as in Borjas (2006). Oxford University Press 2018-07-01 Article PeerReviewed Biavaschi, Costanza, Facchini, Giovanni, Mayda, Anna Maria and Mendola, Mariapia (2018) South-South migration and the labor market: evidence from South Africa. Journal of Economic Geography, 18 (4). pp. 823-853. ISSN 1468-2710 Immigration labor market effects South Africa https://academic.oup.com/joeg/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jeg/lby010/4962130 doi:10.1093/jeg/lby010 doi:10.1093/jeg/lby010 |
| spellingShingle | Immigration labor market effects South Africa Biavaschi, Costanza Facchini, Giovanni Mayda, Anna Maria Mendola, Mariapia South-South migration and the labor market: evidence from South Africa |
| title | South-South migration and the labor market: evidence from South Africa |
| title_full | South-South migration and the labor market: evidence from South Africa |
| title_fullStr | South-South migration and the labor market: evidence from South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | South-South migration and the labor market: evidence from South Africa |
| title_short | South-South migration and the labor market: evidence from South Africa |
| title_sort | south-south migration and the labor market: evidence from south africa |
| topic | Immigration labor market effects South Africa |
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