International migration and the rainbow nation
SOURCE: Population, Space and Place
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
TITLE AUTHOR(S): D.Lucas, A.Y.Amoateng, I.Kalule-Sabiti
KEYWORDS: AUSTRALIA, IMMIGRATION, INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION, NEW ZEALAND, SKILLS MIGRATION, SKILLS SHORTAGE
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 3740
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/6876
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/6876
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
TITLE AUTHOR(S): D.Lucas, A.Y.Amoateng, I.Kalule-Sabiti
KEYWORDS: AUSTRALIA, IMMIGRATION, INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION, NEW ZEALAND, SKILLS MIGRATION, SKILLS SHORTAGE
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 3740
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/6876
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/6876
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Abstract
Recent statistics suggest that emigration from South Africa is accelerating while documented immigration remains at low levels. Primary analysis of a 10% sample of the overseas-born I South Africa from the 1996 census confirmed that black immigrants to South Africa were shown to be predominantly unskilled males who were no better qualified that the black population in general. This contrasts with the apartheid era when South Africa built up a stock of overseas-born skilled workers, mostly whites, which was not replenished in the 1990s, partly because of restrictive immigration policies. The analysis confirms the importance of human capital to potential emigrants even though they may wish to move for non-economic reasons. It also supports the view that South Africa had moved from a brain exchange of whites to a brain drain, thus compounding a national shortage of skilled workers.-
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