Do informal workers suffer an earnings penalty? A panel data analysis of earnings gaps in South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorYu, Katrina
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-15T09:53:03Z
dc.date.available2016-06-15T09:53:03Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionThesis (M.Com. (Development Theory and Policy))--University of the Witwatersrand, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, School of Economic and Business Sciences, 201
dc.description.abstractDrawing 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.en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/20479
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshLabor market--South Africa
dc.subject.lcshInformal sector (Economics)--South Africa
dc.subject.lcshWages--South Africa
dc.titleDo informal workers suffer an earnings penalty? A panel data analysis of earnings gaps in South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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