The Effects of Minimum Wages on the Employment and Earnings of South Africa's Domestic Service Workers

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dc.contributor.authorHertz, Tomen_ZA
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dc.date.issued2005-10en_ZA
dc.description.abstractMinimum wages have been in place for South Africa’s one million domestic service workers since November of 2002. Using data from seven waves of the Labour Force Survey, this paper documents that the real hourly wages, average monthly earnings, and total earnings of all employed domestic workers have risen since the regulations came into effect, while hours of work per week and employment have fallen.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationHertz, T. (2005). <i>The Effects of Minimum Wages on the Employment and Earnings of South Africa's Domestic Service Workers</i> (Development and Poverty Research Unit Working Paper Development Policy Research Unit Working Paper 05/099). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7364en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationHertz, Tom <i>The Effects of Minimum Wages on the Employment and Earnings of South Africa's Domestic Service Workers.</i> Development and Poverty Research Unit Working Paper Development Policy Research Unit Working Paper 05/099. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU), 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7364en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationHertz, T. 2005-10. The Effects of Minimum Wages on the Employment and Earnings of South Africa's Domestic Service Workers. Development and Poverty Research Unit Working Paper Development Policy Research Unit Working Paper 05/099. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.isbn1-920055-17-7en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Working Paper AU - Hertz, Tom AB - Minimum wages have been in place for South Africa’s one million domestic service workers since November of 2002. Using data from seven waves of the Labour Force Survey, this paper documents that the real hourly wages, average monthly earnings, and total earnings of all employed domestic workers have risen since the regulations came into effect, while hours of work per week and employment have fallen. DA - 2005-10 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2005 SM - 1-920055-17-7 T1 - The Effects of Minimum Wages on the Employment and Earnings of South Africa's Domestic Service Workers TI - The Effects of Minimum Wages on the Employment and Earnings of South Africa's Domestic Service Workers UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7364 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/7364
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationHertz T. The Effects of Minimum Wages on the Employment and Earnings of South Africa's Domestic Service Workers. 2005 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7364en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDevelopment Policy Research Unit (DPRU)en_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.publisher.institutionDevelopment Policy Research Unit
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDevelopment and Poverty Research Unit Working Paper Development Policy Research Unit Working Paper 05/099en_ZA
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