Using census data for 1996, 2001 and 2007 we study the labor market effect of immigration in South Africa. In this … across schooling and experience groups used by Borjas (2003). We estimate that increased immigration has a negative effect on …

Using census data for 1996, 2001 and 2007 we study the labor market effect of immigration to South Africa. The paper …, we estimate that increased immigration has a negative and significant effect on natives’ employment rates – and that this … robust to using an instrumental variable estimation strategy. At the national level, we find that increased immigration has a …