Search Results - subject:"Depth of Violation"

Estimating the Causal Effect of Enforcement on Minimum Wage Compliance : The Case of South Africa

Bhorat, Haroon; Kanbur, Ravi; Mayet, Natasha - Development Policy Research Unit, School of Economics - 2011

This paper attempts to estimate the causal effect of government enforcement on compliance with minimum wages in South Africa, a country where considerable non-compliance exists. The number of labour inspectors per capita is used as a proxy for enforcement, whilst non-compliance is measured using...

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A NOTE ON MEASURING THE DEPTH OF MINIMUM WAGE VIOLATION

Bhorat, Haroon; Kanbur, Ravi; Mayet, Natasha - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and … - 2011

emphasize the depth of violation to different degrees. The standard measure is a special case of this family of indices, but … other members of the family highlight the depth of violation. We present an application to South Africa to show that the … depth of violation matters, and is not captured by the standard measure in actual situations. …

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THE DETERMINANTS OF MINIMUM WAGE VIOLATION IN SOUTH AFRICA

Bhorat, Haroon; Kanbur, Ravi; Mayet, Natasha - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and … - 2011

violated, as well as the depth of violation of an individual. Due to the potential simultaneity between enforcement and …

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