How do migrants fare in a post-apartheid South African labor market?

International Migration Review

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1462-1491

  Zuberi, Tukufu ^a   Sibanda, Amson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; LABOR MARKET; POST-APARTHEID;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 12344272037     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2004.tb00244.x     Document Type: Article

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