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The Present as a Legacy of the Past: The Labour Market, Inequality and Poverty in South Africa

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  • Servaas van der Berg
  • Haroon Bhorat

    (Development Policy Research Unit, University of Cape Town)

Abstract

This paper provides an analysis of poverty in South Africa by focussing on the labour market. 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.

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  • Servaas van der Berg & Haroon Bhorat, 1999. "The Present as a Legacy of the Past: The Labour Market, Inequality and Poverty in South Africa," Working Papers 99029, University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit.
    • Handle: RePEc:ctw:wpaper:99029
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    Cited by:

    1. Haroon Bhorat & Karmen Naidoo & Derek Yu, 2014. "Trade Unions in an Emerging Economy: The Case of South Africa," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2014-055, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    2. Haroon Bhorat & Kezia Lilenstein & Morné Oosthuizen & Amy Thornton, 2020. "Structural transformation, inequality, and inclusive growth in South Africa," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2020-50, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    3. Miracle Ntuli & Prudence Kwenda, 2013. "Labour Unions and Wage Inequality Among African Men in South Africa," Working Papers 13159, University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit.
    4. Kwenda, Prudence & Benhura, Miracle & Mudiriza, Gibson, 2020. "Former Homeland Areas and Unemployment in South Africa: A Decomposition Approach," IZA Discussion Papers 12941, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    5. Bhorat, Haroon & Naidoo, Karmen & Yu, Derek, 2014. "Trade unions in an emerging economy: The case of South Africa," WIDER Working Paper Series 055, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).

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    Keywords

    South Africa: immigration; Gauteng; in-migrants; non-migrants; intra-Gauteng migrants;
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    JEL classification:

    • A1 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics

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