Evidence on the impact of minimum wage laws in an informal sector: Domestic workers in South Africa

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dc.creatorDinkelman, Taryn
dc.creatorRanchhod, Vimal
dc.date2014-06-30T14:00:16Z
dc.date2014-06-30T14:00:16Z
dc.date2012
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-28T10:06:44Z
dc.date.available2015-05-28T10:06:44Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-28
dc.descriptionWhat 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 for domestic workers and no statistically significant effects on employment on the intensive or extensive margins. 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 strong 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.identifierDinkelman, T. & Ranchhod, V. (2012). Evidence on the impact of minimum wage laws in an informal sector: Domestic workers in South Africa, Journal of Development Economics, 99(1): 27-45.
dc.identifierhttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00346764.2011.632321#.U7Fr3fmSz9V
dc.identifierhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304387811001210
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/756
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article DA - 2015-05-28 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Domestic workers KW - Minimum wage legislation KW - Labour market legislation KW - Informal sector KW - Developing economy markets 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/11090/756 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/756
dc.languageen
dc.publisherJournal of Development Economics
dc.publisher.departmentSALDRUen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subjectDomestic workers
dc.subjectMinimum wage legislation
dc.subjectLabour market legislation
dc.subjectInformal sector
dc.subjectDeveloping economy markets
dc.titleEvidence on the impact of minimum wage laws in an informal sector: Domestic workers in South Africa
dc.typeJournal Article
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uct.type.resourceArticleen_ZA
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