Evidence on the impact of minimum wage laws in an informal sector: Domestic workers in South Africa
| dc.creator | Dinkelman, Taryn | |
| dc.creator | Ranchhod, Vimal | |
| dc.date | 2012-12-03T12:07:28Z | |
| dc.date | 2012-12-03T12:07:28Z | |
| dc.date | 2010-07 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-05-28T10:05:10Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-05-28T10:05:10Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-05-28 | |
| dc.description | What happens when a previously uncovered labor market is regulated? We exploit the introduction of a minimum wage in South Africa and variation in the intensity of this law to identify increases in wages and formal contract coverage, and no significant effects on employment on the intensive or extensive margins for domestic workers. These large, partial responses to the law are somewhat surprising, given the lack of monitoring and enforcement in this informal sector. We interpret these changes as evidence that external sanctions are not necessary for new labor legislation to have a significant impact on informal sectors of developing countries, at least in the short-run. | |
| dc.identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/11090/74 | |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Report DA - 2015-05-28 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Domestic workers KW - Minimum wage KW - Labour market legislation KW - Wages KW - Minimum wages KW - Labour market legislation LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - Evidence on the impact of minimum wage laws in an informal sector: Domestic workers in South Africa TI - Evidence on the impact of minimum wage laws in an informal sector: Domestic workers in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11090/74 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11090/74 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher | Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit | |
| dc.publisher.department | SALDRU | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Commerce | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.subject | Domestic workers | |
| dc.subject | Minimum wage | |
| dc.subject | Labour market legislation | |
| dc.subject | Wages | |
| dc.subject | Minimum wages | |
| dc.subject | Labour market legislation | |
| dc.title | Evidence on the impact of minimum wage laws in an informal sector: Domestic workers in South Africa | |
| dc.type | Report | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | SALDRU Report | en_ZA |