Can minimum wages effectively reduce poverty under low compliance? A case study from the agricultural sector in South Africa
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Keywords
minimum wages; South Africa; poverty;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J38 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Public Policy
- I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
- J08 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics Policies
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2024-05-20 (Development)
- NEP-INV-2024-05-20 (Investment)
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