Assessments of the impact of minimum wages on labour market outcomes in Africa are relatively rare. In part this is because the data available do not permit adequate treatment of econometric issues that arise in such an assessment. This paper attempts to estimate the impact of the introduction...

This paper examines the changing nature of occupational labour-market trends in South Africa and the resulting impact on wages. We observe high levels of demand for skilled labour that have intensified a trend already established before 1994. Over the per

This note provides an overview of South Africa’s education system and learning outcomes. It reviews early childhood development, basic education, and higher education (university education and vocational training). It is a review of available research in support of the South Africa Systematic...

The fraction of workers currently covered by minimum wages in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is small, but as formality and urbanization increase, wage regulation will become increasingly relevant. In this analysis, we find that higher minimum wage values are associated with higher levels of GDP per...

Der Autor geht zwei Aspekten des Arbeitsmarktes nach, die in der Haushaltsbefragung vom Oktober 1995 angesprochen wurden: Arbeitslosigkeit und informelle Beschäftigung, und zwar im Hinblick auf die Zuverlässigkeit der erhobenen Daten. Während die Zahl der Arbeitslosen über Kontrollfragen mit...