Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU)
@dpru-uct.bsky.social
The Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU) based in the University of Cape Town's School of Economics. Our research aims to inform economic policy surrounding labour markets, poverty, and inequality.
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Commissioned by SA's🇿🇦 Department of Employment and Labour, DPRU Director Prof. Haroon Bhorat, Senior Research Officer Ben Stanwix, & Junior Research Fellow Dr. @timkohler.bsky.social conducted an econometric evaluation of the labour market effects of the 2024 ⬆️ in the National Minimum Wage (NMW).
January 15, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Read the full research report and summary here: bsky.app/profile/dpru...
The NMW Commission invites written representations in response to their recommendations by 14 January 2025.
December 24, 2024 at 7:19 AM
The NMW Commission invites written representations in response to their recommendations by 14 January 2025.
✍️Read the full report here: www.labour.gov.za/DocumentCent...
📃Read the relevant government gazette, which includes a summary of the report's findings alongside ongoing work on the effects of all of the NMW adjustments over the past 5 years, here: static.pmg.org.za/1/NMW.pdf
📃Read the relevant government gazette, which includes a summary of the report's findings alongside ongoing work on the effects of all of the NMW adjustments over the past 5 years, here: static.pmg.org.za/1/NMW.pdf
December 24, 2024 at 7:19 AM
✍️Read the full report here: www.labour.gov.za/DocumentCent...
📃Read the relevant government gazette, which includes a summary of the report's findings alongside ongoing work on the effects of all of the NMW adjustments over the past 5 years, here: static.pmg.org.za/1/NMW.pdf
📃Read the relevant government gazette, which includes a summary of the report's findings alongside ongoing work on the effects of all of the NMW adjustments over the past 5 years, here: static.pmg.org.za/1/NMW.pdf
The report focuses on causal effects on hourly wages, employment, working hours, and monthly earnings. The authors find:
- Large ⬆️ effects on hourly wages
- Small ⬇️ effects on working hours
- Consequently, large ⬆️ effects on monthly earnings
- Small ⬇️ effects on employment
#EconSky
- Large ⬆️ effects on hourly wages
- Small ⬇️ effects on working hours
- Consequently, large ⬆️ effects on monthly earnings
- Small ⬇️ effects on employment
#EconSky
December 24, 2024 at 7:19 AM
The report focuses on causal effects on hourly wages, employment, working hours, and monthly earnings. The authors find:
- Large ⬆️ effects on hourly wages
- Small ⬇️ effects on working hours
- Consequently, large ⬆️ effects on monthly earnings
- Small ⬇️ effects on employment
#EconSky
- Large ⬆️ effects on hourly wages
- Small ⬇️ effects on working hours
- Consequently, large ⬆️ effects on monthly earnings
- Small ⬇️ effects on employment
#EconSky
The research seeks to directly inform policymaking surrounding the future of the NMW in SA and minimum wage policy in lower-income countries more broadly.
Set at R27.58 per hour, the 2024 increase was the largest in inflation-adjusted terms since the NMW’s introduction in 2019.
Set at R27.58 per hour, the 2024 increase was the largest in inflation-adjusted terms since the NMW’s introduction in 2019.
December 24, 2024 at 7:19 AM
The research seeks to directly inform policymaking surrounding the future of the NMW in SA and minimum wage policy in lower-income countries more broadly.
Set at R27.58 per hour, the 2024 increase was the largest in inflation-adjusted terms since the NMW’s introduction in 2019.
Set at R27.58 per hour, the 2024 increase was the largest in inflation-adjusted terms since the NMW’s introduction in 2019.