Migrant labour and the South African gold mining industry: a study of remittances

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Title:	Migrant labour and the South African gold mining industry: a study of remittances
Author:	Penny, N.J.H.
Year:	1986
Periodical:	South African Journal of Economics
Volume:	54
Issue:	3
Pages:	290-306
Language:	English
Geographic term:	South Africa
Subjects:	labour migration gold mining
External link:	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1813-6982.1986.tb00879.x
Abstract:	This paper examines the nature and determinants of wage remittances by black migrants in the South African gold mining industry. It identifies the dynamics of asset accumulation by migrants as well as determines the usefulness of remittances as an indicator of economic resource allocation between rural and urban areas. This examination is based on data gathered by the Chamber of Mines in 1979. Part 1 establishes a theoretical model to explain the role of remittances in the Southern African migrant labour system, given the assumptions of the integration hypothesis. The method of analysis and a comparison of the results with the theoretical predictions of the model are discussed in part 2. Part 3 presents a summary and several implications for the future of the migrant labour system. Bibliogr., notes.