Browsing by Author "Kanbur, Ravi"

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    Estimating the Causal Effect of Enforcement on Minimum Wage Compliance : The Case of South Africa
    (2011-12) Bhorat, Haroon; Kanbur, Ravi; Mayet, Natasha
    This paper attempts to estimate the causal effect of government enforcement on compliance with minimum wages in South Africa, a country where considerable non-compliance exists. The number of labour inspectors per capita is used as a proxy for enforcement, whilst non-compliance is measured using an index of violation that measures both the proportion of individuals violated, as well as the average depth of individual violation.
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    Estimating the Impact of Minimum Wages on Employment, Wages and Non-wage Benefits: The Case of Agriculture in South Africa
    (2012-07) Bhorat, Haroon; Kanbur, Ravi; Stanwix, Benjamin
    Assessments 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 attempts to estimate the impact of the introduction of a minimum wage law within the Agriculture sector in South Africa, based on 15 waves of the biannual Labour Force Survey (LFS), starting in September 2000 and ending in September 2007.
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    The Impact of Sectoral Minimum Wage Laws on Employment, Wages and Hours of Work in South Africa
    (2012-11) Bhorat, Haroon; Kanbur, Ravi; Mayet, Natasha
    This paper attempts to investigate the impact of sectoral wage laws in South Africa. Specifically, we examine the impact of minimum wage laws promulgated in the Retail, Domestic work, Forestry, Security, and Taxi sectors using 15 waves of biannual Labour Force Survey data for the 2000-2007 period.
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    Minimum Wage Violation in South Africa
    (2011-10) Bhorat, Haroon; Kanbur, Ravi; Mayet, Natasha
    Minimum wage legislation is central in South African policy discourse, with both strong support and strong opposition. The validity of either position depends, however, on the effectiveness of minimum wage enforcement. Using detailed matching of occupational, sectoral and locational codes in the 2007 Labour Force Survey to the gazetted minimum wages, this paper presents, we believe for the first time, estimates of minimum wage violation in South Africa.
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    Poverty and Well-being in Post-Apartheid South Africa: An Overview of Data, Outcomes and Policy
    (2005-10) Bhorat, Haroon; Kanbur, Ravi
    This is an overview of poverty and well-being in the first decade of post-apartheid South Africa. It is an introduction to a volume that brings together some of the most prominent academic research done on this topic for the 10-year review process in South Africa. This overview highlights three key aspects of the picture that the detailed research paints.