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Labour market policy and poverty : exploring the macro-micro linkages of minimum wages and wage subsidies
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| author | Pauw, Karl |
| author2 | Leibbrandt, Murray |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/5715 Labour market policy and poverty : exploring the macro-micro linkages of minimum wages and wage subsidies Pauw, Karl Leibbrandt, Murray Edwards, Lawrence Economics Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-228). This study adds value to the South African literature on labour market policy evaluation and their poverty impacts in general, and minimum wages and wage subsidies in particular, both in terms of the theoretical and descriptive analyses provided. Various possible modelling approaches are explored, with careful consideration of the advantages and limitations of each. A rich set of model results is also generated. Under both the policies evaluated, the poverty outcome is shown to generally be positive but small. Furthermore, the outcome is highly sensitive to the wage elasticity of demand: while minimum wages tend to be more effective in reducing poverty when the wage elasticity is low, wage subsidies generate superior outcomes under a high wage elasticity scenario. 2014-07-31T12:23:06Z 2014-07-31T12:23:06Z 2009 Doctoral Thesis Doctoral PhD http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5715 eng application/pdf School of Economics Faculty of Commerce University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Economics Pauw, Karl Labour market policy and poverty : exploring the macro-micro linkages of minimum wages and wage subsidies |
| thesis_degree_str | Doctoral |
| title | Labour market policy and poverty : exploring the macro-micro linkages of minimum wages and wage subsidies |
| title_full | Labour market policy and poverty : exploring the macro-micro linkages of minimum wages and wage subsidies |
| title_fullStr | Labour market policy and poverty : exploring the macro-micro linkages of minimum wages and wage subsidies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Labour market policy and poverty : exploring the macro-micro linkages of minimum wages and wage subsidies |
| title_short | Labour market policy and poverty : exploring the macro-micro linkages of minimum wages and wage subsidies |
| title_sort | labour market policy and poverty exploring the macro micro linkages of minimum wages and wage subsidies |
| topic | Economics |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5715 |
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