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

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-45

  Dinkelman, Taryn ^a   Ranchhod, Vimal ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Domestic workers; Informal sector; Minimum wage

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; DOMESTIC WORK; INFORMAL SECTOR; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGISLATION; MINIMUM WAGE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84861831370     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

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