{"id":"GSX:POP-007:A02","local_id":"A02","name":"Common starting pay and saving","statement":"All four lives begin with the same R30,000 monthly salary when work starts. Earnings grow by 1.2 percent a year above inflation. Pension contributions are 15 percent of pay and earn 4 percent a year above inflation. Values are constant 2026 rand.","value":"30000","unit":"constant 2026 rand per month at the start of work","type":"model assumption","provenance":"Manuscript common parameters","evidence_strength":"model assumption","sensitivity":"moderate","alternatives":["A manual worker without a pension or stable employment"],"href":"https://greyscienx.com/research/population-futures/the-hundred-year-life/assumptions/A02"}