Minimum wage violation in South Africa

International Labour Review

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 277-287

  Bhorat, Haroon ^a   Kanbur, Ravi ^b   Mayet, Natasha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; MINIMUM WAGE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84867804247     PISSN: 00207780     EISSN: 1564913X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1564-913X.2012.00149.x     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Andalón, Mabel; Pagés, Carmen. 2008. Minimum wages in Kenya. IZA Discussion Paper No. 3390. Bonn, Institute for the Study of Labor.
2. Basu, Arnab K.; Chau, Nancy H.; Kanbur, Ravi. 2010. "Turning a blind eye: Costly enforcement, credible commitment and minimum wage laws", in Economic Journal, Vol. 120 (Mar.), No. 543, pp. 244-269.
3. Bhorat, Haroon; Kanbur, Ravi; Mayet, Natasha. 2011. A note on measuring the depth of minimum wage violation. Working Paper WP 2011-03, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management. Ithaca, NY, Cornell University. Available at: http://dyson. cornell.edu/research/researchpdf/wp/2011/Cornell-Dyson-wp1103.pdf [accessed 12 Apr. 2012].
4. Casale, Daniela; Muller, Colette; Posel, Dorrit. 2004. "Two million net new jobs. A reconsideration of the rise in employment in South Africa, 1995-2003", in South African Journal of Economics, Vol. 72, No. 5 (Dec.), pp. 978-1002.
5. Department of Labour. 2003. Report of the Employment Conditions Commission, 1 August 1998-31 March 2003. Pretoria.
6. Foster, James; Greer, Joel; Thorbecke, Erik. 1984. "Notes and comments a class of decomposable poverty measures", in Econometrica, Vol. 52, No. 3 (May), pp. 761-766.
7. Lemos, Sara. 2009. "Minimum wage effects in a developing country", in Labour Economics, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 224-237.
8. Maloney, William F.; Nuñez Mendez, Jairo. 2003. "Measuring the impact of minimum wages: Evidence from Latin America", in James J. Heckman and Carmen Pagès (eds): Law and employment: Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean. Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Press.
9. Ronconi, Lucas. 2008. Enforcement and compliance with labour regulations. Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Working Paper. Berkeley, CA, University of California. Available at: http://www.irle.berkeley.edu/cwed/ronconi/enforcement_ compliance.pdf [accessed 12 Apr. 2012].
10. Strobl, Eric; Walsh, Frank. 2003. "Minimum wages and compliance: The case of Trinidad and Tobago", in Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 51, No. 2 (Jan.), pp. 427-450.