Wednesday, September 28, 2005
New Upjohn Working Paper on South African Workers
The Effect of Minimum Wages on the Employment and Earnings of South Africa's Domestic Service Workers
http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/05-120.pdf[
full-text, 60 pages]Upjohn Institute Working Paper 05-120Tom Hertz , 2005. [15 August 2005]
Abstract
http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/05120wp.html
Minimum wages have been in place for South Africa's one million domestic service workers since November of 2002. Using data from seven waves of the Labour Force Survey, this paper documents that the real wages, average monthly earnings, and total earnings of all employed domestic workers have risen since the regulations came into effect, while hours of work per week and employment have fallen. Each of these outcomes can be linked econometrically to the arrival of the minimum wage regulations. The overall estimated elasticities suggest that the regulations should have reduced poverty somewhat for domestic workers, although this last conclusion is the least robust._____________________________
http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/05-120.pdf[
full-text, 60 pages]Upjohn Institute Working Paper 05-120Tom Hertz , 2005. [15 August 2005]
Abstract
http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/05120wp.html
Minimum wages have been in place for South Africa's one million domestic service workers since November of 2002. Using data from seven waves of the Labour Force Survey, this paper documents that the real wages, average monthly earnings, and total earnings of all employed domestic workers have risen since the regulations came into effect, while hours of work per week and employment have fallen. Each of these outcomes can be linked econometrically to the arrival of the minimum wage regulations. The overall estimated elasticities suggest that the regulations should have reduced poverty somewhat for domestic workers, although this last conclusion is the least robust._____________________________
Friday, September 09, 2005
Upcoming Labor Lectures at San Francisco State University, September and October 2005
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David Brody
--Speaking on his new book: Labor Embattled: History, Power, Rights
September 18, 2005, 1:30 pm
Labor Archives and Research Center, SFSU
Conference Room
480 Winston Drive, San Francisco
(415) 564-4010
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David Bacon, Labor Journalist
Mike Munoz, Director Organization, N. Cal. Carpenters Regional Council, Member of Pile Drivers, Local 34
Nancy Snyder, Recording Secretary Emeritus, Chair, Peace and Solidarity Committee, SEIU Local 790
Title: "The Current Crisis in the AFL-CIO"
Sunday, October 23, 2005, 1:30 pm
Labor Archives and Research Center, SFSU
Conference Room
480 Winston Drive, San Francisco
(415) 564-4010
David Brody
--Speaking on his new book: Labor Embattled: History, Power, Rights
September 18, 2005, 1:30 pm
Labor Archives and Research Center, SFSU
Conference Room
480 Winston Drive, San Francisco
(415) 564-4010
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David Bacon, Labor Journalist
Mike Munoz, Director Organization, N. Cal. Carpenters Regional Council, Member of Pile Drivers, Local 34
Nancy Snyder, Recording Secretary Emeritus, Chair, Peace and Solidarity Committee, SEIU Local 790
Title: "The Current Crisis in the AFL-CIO"
Sunday, October 23, 2005, 1:30 pm
Labor Archives and Research Center, SFSU
Conference Room
480 Winston Drive, San Francisco
(415) 564-4010
