Enforcement and compliance: The case of minimum wages and mandatory contracts for domestic workers in South Africa

dc.contributor.author	Dinkelman, Taryn
dc.contributor.author	Ranchhod, Vimal
dc.contributor.author	Hofmeyr, Clare
dc.date.accessioned	2014-05-22T14:23:26Z
dc.date.available	2014-05-22T14:23:26Z
dc.date.issued	2014-04
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.econ3x3.org/article/enforcement-and-compliance-case-minimum-wages-and-mandatory-contracts-domestic-workers
dc.description	This was released as an Econ3x3 Brief in April 2014. It is available here: http://www.econ3x3.org/article/enforcement-and-compliance-case-minimum-wages-and-mandatory-contracts-domestic-workers.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	What happens when a previously unregulated labour market is regulated? After the introduction of minimum wages and mandatory employment contracts for domestic workers, wages increased markedly while neither employment nor hours worked declined; some formalisation of working conditions also occurred. All these occurred despite a lack of monitoring and enforcement, suggesting that such actions (often costly) are not essential for regulation to have a significant impact on informal employment conditions, at least in the short run.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Econ3x3	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Econ3x3 Brief;
dc.subject	domestic work	en_US
dc.subject	minimum wages	en_US
dc.subject	labour law	en_US
dc.subject	employment	en_US
dc.subject	wages	en_US
dc.subject	South Africa	en_US
dc.title	Enforcement and compliance: The case of minimum wages and mandatory contracts for domestic workers in South Africa	en_US
dc.type	Other	en_US