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

dc.creatorFinn, Arden
dc.date2015-09-03T13:14:08Z
dc.date2015-09-03T13:14:08Z
dc.date2015-09
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-06T10:55:50Z
dc.date.available2017-06-06T10:55:50Z
dc.date.issued2017-06-06
dc.descriptionUnderstanding 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.descriptionThis 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.identifierFinn, 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.identifier978-1-928281-14-6
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/786
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
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/786
dc.languageen
dc.publisher.departmentSALDRUen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.relationSALDRU Working Paper;153
dc.subjectNational Minimum Wage
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.subjectLabour Market
dc.subjectEarnings
dc.titleA National Minimum Wage in the Context of the South African Labour Market
dc.typeWorking Paper
uct.type.publicationResearchen_ZA
uct.type.resourceWorking Paperen_ZA
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