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Labour market impact of internal in-migration: A district level analysis of South Africa

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  • Umakrishnan Kollamparambil

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Despite the lack of clarity in literature with regards to the question of whether internal in-migration is a desirable phenomenon for the labor market outcomes, in-migration is often resisted under the premise that it leads to tighter job markets for the locals. This study therefore attempts an empirical verification of the impact of in-migration on […]

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  • Umakrishnan Kollamparambil, 2017. "Labour market impact of internal in-migration: A district level analysis of South Africa," Working Papers 667, Economic Research Southern Africa.
    • Handle: RePEc:rza:wpaper:667
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    Keywords

    Development Economics; Labour Market; migration; unemployment;
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    JEL classification:

    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
    • O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
    • R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population

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