abstract: 'Migration, important for many areas in development, is strongly related

  to employment. Debate over labour supply in developing countries

  frequently hinges on labour migration. This paper examines the

  determinants of spatial mobility of working-age adults in South Africa,

  using the first nationally representative longitudinal survey - the

  National Income Dynamics Study - for 2008-10. The paper outlines the

  unique advantages of these data for the study of individual mobility -

  data that open the possibility of a new research project. Specifically,

  it asks how policy-relevant programmes, such as social transfers and

  housing assistance, affect migration. This paper finds, on balance, that

  transfers are negatively correlated with subsequent relocation. Previous

  migration is also predictive of future migration and both are tightly

  related to attrition, while there is an increasing but strongly

  non-linear relationship between income and mobility. Further, we

  highlight potential pitfalls - including attrition, and definitional

  difficulties - in the study of migration and illustrate possible

  solutions.'
affiliation: 'Clarke, R (Corresponding Author), Univ Cape Town, Sch Econ, ZA-7925
  Cape Town, South Africa.

  Clarke, Rowan; Eyal, Katherine, Univ Cape Town, Sch Econ, ZA-7925 Cape Town, South
  Africa.'
author: Clarke, Rowan and Eyal, Katherine
author-email: rowan.p.clarke@gmail.com
author_list:
- family: Clarke
  given: Rowan
- family: Eyal
  given: Katherine
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1080/0376835X.2013.857592
eissn: 1470-3637
files: []
issn: 0376-835X
journal: DEVELOPMENT SOUTHERN AFRICA
keywords: 'spatial mobility; general migration; labour migration; public policy;

  cash transfers; South Africa'
keywords-plus: 'SELF-SELECTION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MIGRATION; REMITTANCES;

  COUNTRIES; PENSIONS; HEALTH; WAGES'
language: English
month: JAN 2
number: 1, SI
number-of-cited-references: '48'
orcid-numbers: 'Eyal, Katherine/0000-0003-1974-5195

  Clarke, Rowan/0000-0002-9520-5353'
pages: 168-194
papis_id: fc1aaa66e5caa00101178bb06c503b79
ref: Clarke2014microeconomicdetermi
researcherid-numbers: 'Eyal, Katherine/GNH-5202-2022

  '
times-cited: '4'
title: 'Microeconomic determinants of spatial mobility in post-apartheid South Africa:
  Longitudinal evidence from the National Income Dynamics Study'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000328450700010
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '16'
volume: '31'
web-of-science-categories: Development Studies; Regional \& Urban Planning
year: '2014'