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Internal Migration of Blacks in S outh A frica: An Application of the Roy Model
Author(s) -
Choe Chung,
Chrite E. LaBrent
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
south african journal of economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.502
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1813-6982
pISSN - 0038-2280
DOI - 10.1111/saje.12011
Subject(s) - human capital , census , demographic economics , internal migration , redistribution (election) , population , logistic regression , logit , divergence (linguistics) , geography , demography , economics , political science , economic growth , econometrics , sociology , medicine , linguistics , philosophy , politics , law
This study investigates the internal migration of black males in S outh A frica over the period after the formal end of Apartheid using the 1996 census data. The two issues of our primary interests are the following: (i) whether migration patterns of black individuals are consistent with the income‐maximising hypothesis as related to the destination choice; and (ii) whether the redistribution of human capital is detected in internal migration. The results from conditional logit regressions on choices among individuals in 318 districts show that individuals prefer districts with higher expected wages, conditional on other regional characteristics. In addition, there exist differing preferences on the share of population with post‐secondary education by individuals with commensurate educational attainments. Black individuals with post‐secondary education tend to migrate into areas with a higher share of population with post‐secondary education and vice versa, which confirms the divergence of human capital levels across districts.