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    The potential of the proposed minimum wage policy on income inequality and employment
    (2016) Mgaga, Asanda
    This research investigated the potential of the proposed national minimum wage on income inequality and employment. According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the purpose of minimum wages is to ensure wages are able to cover the basic needs of workers and their families, taking into account relevant economic factors (Gilad, 2016). In South Africa, a national minimum wage is also being explored as a tool to reduce inequality and transform the inherited apartheid wage structure (Gilad, 2016). The study used a qualitative research methodology and deduced based on the data obtained that indeed South Africa can introduce the national minimum wage but needs to be cautious of the level at which it sets the minima. Secondly the research deduced that minimum wage will have positive effects on income inequality and minimal effects on employment provided that it is set at a right level.
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    Perceptions of the minimum wage in the Johannesburg taxi industry
    (2017) Tumelo, Sechaba
    Minimum wage laws in South Africa have been enacted and implemented for some time with a broader intention that purports to protect and regulate what are categorized at least from state’s definition as the vulnerable sectors, which includes the taxi industry. The minibus taxi industry in South Africa is characterized and plagued by inherent exploitative labour relations between taxi drivers and operators. There are often contrasting views and disagreement on the minimum wage which is supposed to be implemented by the Department of Labour as the custodian of all the labour laws in the country through inspections and enforcement by labour inspectors. The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions held by the various stakeholders in the taxi industry with respect to the implementation of the Sectoral Wage Determination 11 as provided for by the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, of1997. Interviews were held with ten taxi drivers, ten taxi operators based in Johannesburg and from the Department of Labour, and three team leaders in the Inspection and Enforcement Services, all based and servicing Johannesburg. The study established that there is enough knowledge and appreciation of the minimum wage; however, there is to a large extent transgressions and noncompliance from employers in the industry. Monitoring and enforcement remain a challenge fuelled by peculiarities and the dynamism that is not in tandem with industry realities and legislative prescripts.
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    Do informal workers suffer an earnings penalty? A panel data analysis of earnings gaps in South Africa
    (2016) Yu, Katrina
    Drawing on data from the National Income Dynamics Survey (NIDS) from 2008-2012, this paper investigates informal-formal earnings gaps in South Africa in order to assess the validity of labour market segmentation theories and to shed light on the motivations behind informal labour. In addition to controlling for observed individual characteristics using pooled OLS regression, fixed effects and quantile regressions are also estimated to control for time-invariant individual heterogeneity and to assess variations in earnings gap along the income distribution. Results are indicative of segmentation both within informal employment and in the labour market as a whole. Overall, informal employment in South Africa can be characterised as highly diverse and heterogeneous, with earnings differentials varying by employment type (whether salaried or self-employed), gender, and level of income. This earnings analysis is complemented by a brief exploration into the non-pecuniary characteristics of informal employment, with a consideration of the relationship between subjective wellbeing and informality.