Ihsaan Bassier
Biographic Data
| ID | 6448427 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ihsaan Bassier |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ihsaan |
| FAMILY NAME | Bassier |
| SIGNATURE | BASSIER I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cape Town |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8793-2182 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Vacancy Duration and Wages
We estimate the elasticity of vacancy duration with respect to posted wages, using data from the near-universe of online job adverts in the United Kingdom. Our research design leverages firm-level wage policies that are plausibly exogenous to hiring difficulties on specific job vacancies, and controls for job and marketlevel fixed-effects. Wage policies are defined based on external information on pay settlements, or on sharp, internally-defined,…
The firm-pay gender gap and formal sector churn over the life cycle
Can Minimum Wages Effectively Reduce Poverty under Low Compliance? A Case Study from the Agricultural Sector in South Africa
What were the effects of a 52 per cent increase in the minimum wage in the agricultural sector in South Africa in 2013?We estimate the short run effects of this policy change on the income, employment, and poverty rate of farmworkers, using individual-level panel data from the Quarterly Labour Force Surveys (QLFS).Before the implementation date, 90 per cent of farmworkers were paid below the new minimum wage level.We find that the wage gain of fa…
Firms and inequality when unemployment is high
Exclusive growth? Rapidly increasing top incomes amid low national growth in South Africa
Despite South Africa’s need for inclusive economic growth, we find that the income trajectories of the rich continue to diverge from the rest of the income distribution. We combine household survey data and tax data (which, unlike household survey data, includes accurate data for the very rich) to investigate the patterns of income growth over the period 2003 to 2017. We find that the gap between the stagnant middle and the top end of the income …
Locked down and locked out
Exclusive growth? Rapidly increasing top incomes amid low national growth in South Africa
Despite South Africa’s need for inclusive economic growth, we find that the income trajectories of the rich continue to diverge from the rest of the income distribution. We combine household survey data and tax data (which, unlike household survey data, includes accurate data for the very rich) to investigate the patterns of income growth over the period 2003 to 2017. We find that the gap between the stagnant middle and the top end of the income …
Locked down and locked out
Firms and inequality when unemployment is high
Can Minimum Wages Effectively Reduce Poverty under Low Compliance? A Case Study from the Agricultural Sector in South Africa
What were the effects of a 52 per cent increase in the minimum wage in the agricultural sector in South Africa in 2013?We estimate the short run effects of this policy change on the income, employment, and poverty rate of farmworkers, using individual-level panel data from the Quarterly Labour Force Surveys (QLFS).Before the implementation date, 90 per cent of farmworkers were paid below the new minimum wage level.We find that the wage gain of fa…
Vacancy Duration and Wages
We estimate the elasticity of vacancy duration with respect to posted wages, using data from the near-universe of online job adverts in the United Kingdom. Our research design leverages firm-level wage policies that are plausibly exogenous to hiring difficulties on specific job vacancies, and controls for job and marketlevel fixed-effects. Wage policies are defined based on external information on pay settlements, or on sharp, internally-defined,…
The firm-pay gender gap and formal sector churn over the life cycle
Economics (6 works) · Labour economics (5 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (3 works) · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Demographic economics (2 works) · Development economics (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Income, Poverty, and Inequality (2 works)