Mixed Migration, Forced Displacement and Job Outcomes in South Africa

Southern Africa has a long history of human mobility centered around the migration of labor to farms and mines in the region. Patterns of migration and displacement have since been transformed by the end of Apartheid, changing economic systems, and...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
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Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
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spelling okr-10986-301582021-05-25T09:16:19Z Mixed Migration, Forced Displacement and Job Outcomes in South Africa World Bank Group FRAGILITY ASYLUM SEEKER MIGRANT LABOR LABOR MARKET REFUGEES FORCED DISPLACEMENT MIGRATION WHITE MINORITY RULE VOLUNTARY RESETTLEMENT GOVERNANCE MIGRATION POLICY LABOR SKILLS JOB CREATION IMMIGRATION HISTORY Southern Africa has a long history of human mobility centered around the migration of labor to farms and mines in the region. Patterns of migration and displacement have since been transformed by the end of Apartheid, changing economic systems, and conflict and political instability, both in the region and elsewhere. Today mobility in the region is motivated by a combination of diverse social, political and economic reasons; shaped by long-standing historical movements and re-shaped by newer patterns of urbanization and displacement; organized through various legal and extra-legal means and governed by fragmented and contradictory legal frameworks. These complex patterns of migration and displacement, state responses to them, and the implications of mobility for job outcomes in South Africa - as the major destination country in the region - are the subject matter of this study. Our quantitative analysis on the impact of immigration on local jobs in South Africa finds that one immigrant worker generates approximately two jobs for South Africans during the period analyzed (1996 and 2011). These results and the substantiations provided in this publication are significant for policy makers and development actors in South Africa and the wider region, and as such, their implications should be seriously considered. 2018-08-08T16:52:22Z 2018-08-08T16:52:22Z 2018-06 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/247261530129173904/main-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30158 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Social Protection Study Economic & Sector Work Africa Southern Africa South Africa
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topic FRAGILITY
ASYLUM SEEKER
MIGRANT LABOR
LABOR MARKET
REFUGEES
FORCED DISPLACEMENT
MIGRATION
WHITE MINORITY RULE
VOLUNTARY RESETTLEMENT
GOVERNANCE
MIGRATION POLICY
LABOR SKILLS
JOB CREATION
IMMIGRATION HISTORY
spellingShingle FRAGILITY
ASYLUM SEEKER
MIGRANT LABOR
LABOR MARKET
REFUGEES
FORCED DISPLACEMENT
MIGRATION
WHITE MINORITY RULE
VOLUNTARY RESETTLEMENT
GOVERNANCE
MIGRATION POLICY
LABOR SKILLS
JOB CREATION
IMMIGRATION HISTORY
World Bank Group
Mixed Migration, Forced Displacement and Job Outcomes in South Africa
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Southern Africa
South Africa
description Southern Africa has a long history of human mobility centered around the migration of labor to farms and mines in the region. Patterns of migration and displacement have since been transformed by the end of Apartheid, changing economic systems, and conflict and political instability, both in the region and elsewhere. Today mobility in the region is motivated by a combination of diverse social, political and economic reasons; shaped by long-standing historical movements and re-shaped by newer patterns of urbanization and displacement; organized through various legal and extra-legal means and governed by fragmented and contradictory legal frameworks. These complex patterns of migration and displacement, state responses to them, and the implications of mobility for job outcomes in South Africa - as the major destination country in the region - are the subject matter of this study. Our quantitative analysis on the impact of immigration on local jobs in South Africa finds that one immigrant worker generates approximately two jobs for South Africans during the period analyzed (1996 and 2011). These results and the substantiations provided in this publication are significant for policy makers and development actors in South Africa and the wider region, and as such, their implications should be seriously considered.
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title Mixed Migration, Forced Displacement and Job Outcomes in South Africa
title_short Mixed Migration, Forced Displacement and Job Outcomes in South Africa
title_full Mixed Migration, Forced Displacement and Job Outcomes in South Africa
title_fullStr Mixed Migration, Forced Displacement and Job Outcomes in South Africa
title_full_unstemmed Mixed Migration, Forced Displacement and Job Outcomes in South Africa
title_sort mixed migration, forced displacement and job outcomes in south africa
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/247261530129173904/main-report
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