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His research focuses on labour economics and economic and social history, with particular emphasis on minimum wages, labour law compliance, employment formality, and the impacts of policy interventions such as the national minimum wage and COVID-19 lockdowns in South Africa. Stanwix has co-authored numerous publications, including “An Empirical Assessment of the National Minimum Wage in South Africa” (2021) in the HSRC Press volume State of the Nation, “Social Assistance Amidst the COVID-19 Epidemic in South Africa: A Policy Assessment” (2021) in the South African Journal of Economics, “Measuring Multi-Dimensional Labour Law Violation with an Application to South Africa” (2020) in the British Journal of Industrial Relations, “Minimum wages in Sub-Saharan Africa: a primer” (2017) in The World Bank Research Observer, and “Estimating the Impact of Minimum Wages on Employment, Wages, and Non-wage Benefits: The Case of Agriculture in South Africa” (2014) in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics. He has contributed to working papers and reports on topics including the employment tax incentive, multidimensional poverty, and resource dependence and inequality in Africa. Stanwix’s work frequently appears in collaboration with colleagues such as Haroon Bhorat and Ravi Kanbur, contributing to evidence-based analysis of labour market dynamics and development policy in South Africa and the broader region.