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Estimating the Causal Effect of Enforcement on Minimum Wage Compliance : The Case of South Africa

Author: Bhorat, Haroon ; Kanbur, Ravi ; Mayet, Natasha Date: Dec 2011 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 ... Read more c b n a
Estimating the Impact of Minimum Wages on Employment, Wages and Non-wage Benefits: The Case of Agriculture in South Africa

Author: Bhorat, Haroon ; Kanbur, Ravi ; Stanwix, Benjamin Date: Jul 2012 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 ... Read more c b n
The Impact of Sectoral Minimum Wage Laws on Employment, Wages and Hours of Work in South Africa

Author: Bhorat, Haroon ; Kanbur, Ravi ; Mayet, Natasha Date: Nov 2012 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 ... Read more c b n
Minimum Wage Violation in South Africa

Author: Bhorat, Haroon ; Kanbur, Ravi ; Mayet, Natasha Date: Oct 2011 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 ... Read more c b n a
Poverty and Well-being in Post-Apartheid South Africa: An Overview of Data, Outcomes and Policy

Author: Bhorat, Haroon ; Kanbur, Ravi Date: Oct 2005 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 ... Read more c b n a

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