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Recent internal migration and labour market outcomes: Exploring the 2008 and 2010 National Income Dynamics Study panel data in South Africa


Date posted:

2022/11/01

Publication year:

2014

Corporate author/s:

Labour Market Intelligence Partnership (LMIP); Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC); Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET)

Person/s author/s:

Roodt, Joan; Mbatha, C

Output-type:

working paper

Format:

pdf

This paper explores the current nature of the links among the challenges of rural and urban unemployment and how these possibly lead to new patterns of recent internal migration, using the first two waves of the NIDS (2008 and 2010). In this context, recent internal migration therefore refers specifically to any relocation across the first two waves of the NIDS datasets. Classical and contemporary economic development theories, including Lewis (1995), Harris and Todaro (1970), Fields (2005) and Lall, Harris and Shalizi (2006) are used to establish some framework for exploring the data. The paper compares the performances of migrants in the labour market against those of non-migrants. It also explores the effects of explanatory variables including education (e.g., Matric), age, gender and race on employment status (as the dependent variable). The comparisons are performed using a multinomial logistical model for the employment status, with four categories, which are spelled out explicitly in coming sections.

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