A National Minimum Wage in the Context of the South African Labour Market

 

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dc.creator Finn, Arden
dc.date 2015-09-03T13:14:08Z
dc.date 2015-09-03T13:14:08Z
dc.date 2015-09
dc.date.accessioned 2017-06-06T10:55:50Z
dc.date.available 2017-06-06T10:55:50Z
dc.date.issued 2017-06-06
dc.identifier Finn, Arden. (2015). A National Minimum Wage in the Context of the South African Labour Market. A Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit Working Paper Number 153. Cape Town: SALDRU, University of Cape Town
dc.identifier 978-1-928281-14-6
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/11090/786
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/11090/786
dc.description Understanding the composition and wage structure of the South African labour market is crucial in the progressing national minimum wage debate in the country. This study highlights the centrality of wages in household income, and in determining inequality and poverty levels in the county. It then charts key trends in the labour market, before presenting a snapshot of the composition and earnings of the workforce in the current environment. A definition for a “working-poor” threshold is developed in the paper by linking individual earnings to household poverty. Finally, we consider the differential coverage that a national minimum wage would have on different sectors and demographic groups in the economy.
dc.description This paper forms part of the National Minimum Wage Research Initiative (NMW-RI) undertaken by CSID in the School of Economics and Business Science at the University of the Witwatersrand. The NMW-RI presents theoretical and case-study evidence, statistical modeling and policy analysis relevant to the potential implementation of a national minimum wage in South Africa. For more information contact Gilad Isaacs, the project coordinator, at gilad.isaacs@wits.ac.za or visit www.nationalminimumwage.co.za. SALDRU is grateful to the NMW-RI for making this paper available as a SALDRU Working Paper.
dc.language en
dc.relation SALDRU Working Paper;153
dc.subject National Minimum Wage
dc.subject South Africa
dc.subject Labour Market
dc.subject Earnings
dc.title A National Minimum Wage in the Context of the South African Labour Market
dc.type Working Paper
uct.type.publication Research en_ZA
uct.type.resource Working Paper en_ZA
dc.publisher.institution University of Cape Town
dc.publisher.faculty Faculty of Commerce en_ZA
dc.publisher.department SALDRU en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Working Paper DA - 2017-06-06 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - National Minimum Wage KW - South Africa KW - Labour Market KW - Earnings LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2017 T1 - A National Minimum Wage in the Context of the South African Labour Market TI - A National Minimum Wage in the Context of the South African Labour Market UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11090/786 ER - en_ZA


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