Author:Bhorat, Haroon; Kanbur, Ravi; Stanwix, BenjaminDate:Jul 2012Assessments of the impact of minimum wages on labour market outcomes in Africa are relatively rare. In part this is because the data available do not permit adequate treatment of econometric issues that arise in such an assessment. This paper ...Read morecbn
Author:Stanwix, BenjaminDate:2011Since 1999 South Africa gradually developed a detailed minimum wage schedule covering eleven sectors of the economy. Labour market institutions were also created to enforce the new laws; the efficacy of which has hitherto remained unexamined. ...Read more
Author:Bhorat, Haroon; Stanwix, BenjaminDate:May 2013Drawing on evidence from developing country studies, this paper considers several key issues. We discuss the impact of minimum wages in the developing world based on a selection of recent studies and highlight non-compliance with minimum wage ...Read morecbna
Author:Stanwix, BenjaminDate:2010The rising incidence of Tuberculosis (TB) in South Africa is closely linked to the rapid spread of HIV/AIDS that has occurred over the last two decades. Compared to other developing countries in this regard South Africa faces a co-epidemic ...Read morecbnd