We present new evidence on the effects of South Africa's Employment Tax Incentive (ETI), a
hiring and employment wage subsidy aimed at reducing youth unemployment. We show that …

South Africa's stubbornly low labour utilisation rate is an international outlier and a heavy
brake on the ambitions for growth and redistribution published in various strategic policy …

Abstract The Employment Tax Incentive (ETI) is a South African wage subsidy programme
introduced in 2014 as a form of tax relief for firms hiring workers between the ages of 16 and …

The legal retirement age in South Africa is 60 for women and 65 for men. However, so many
people continue working even after they passed their retirement age. The retirement age …

This paper uses administrative employer-employee data to uncover the effects of a large
payroll tax reduction for minimum-wage workers in France. Exploiting the change in labor …

This paper uses survey and tax administrative data to analyse the effects of a sizeable
employer-borne payroll tax credit for young, low-wage workers in South Africa. We find fairly …

This scholarly book focuses on the issue of high unemployment and the challenges related
thereto in South Africa. It demonstrates the urgent need for research into the contribution of …

Attempts to regulate the temporary employment sector have had mixed results
internationally. In South Africa, temporary employment was regulated in 2015 through …

Youth unemployment has been increasing in Africa. It is particularly pervasive in South
Africa, where the youth unemployment rate is persistently high, posing considerable …

• The data includes all (formal) firms and employees in South Africa that are registered for
tax• Employee key characteristics: age, gender, annual income, period worked, date …