paper, we model and simulate the impacts of a wage-rate subsidy (or salary supplement) program in which a dislocated worker … who becomes reemployed would receive a payment equal to one-half the difference between the wage previously earned and the … wage currently earned. The simulations are based on a search model that is institutionally rich and that provides estimates …

Minimum wages have been in place for South Africa's one million domestic service workers since November of 2002. Using … data from seven waves of the Labour Force Survey, this paper documents that the real wages, average monthly earnings, and … week and employment have fallen. Each of these outcomes can be linked econometrically to the arrival of the minimum wage …