people at the lower end of income distribution will graduate into the middle class category. The increase in poverty rates …

In this paper, we compare subjective and money-metric measures of poverty in South Africa using data collected in the … considerable overlap between per capita expenditure measures of poverty status and subjective poverty status among households …. However, we also identify a number of significant characteristics which distinguish households where poverty measures do not …

attention has been devoted to the impact of differential price movements on the measurement of poverty and inequality. This …Post-apartheid poverty and inequality trends have been the subject of intensive analysis, yet relatively little … paper aims to tell the story of the evolution of both money-metric and non-money-metric poverty and inequality in post …

of the increase in the value-added tax (VAT) rate and increases in benefit amounts in 2018. Although poverty and … an expanded set of social benefits would lead to reduced poverty and inequality in comparison to the current practice of …

over time. In this paper we show that this dynamic element - the risk of falling into (deeper) poverty and the chances of … available National Income Dynamics Study data to provide a thorough and up-to-date analysis of poverty dynamics in South Africa … between 2008 and 2017. This analysis focuses on the correlates of transitions into and out of poverty, and investigates how …

of fiscal policy on income redistribution, and poverty in South Africa. We find, in accordance with previous research …, that direct taxes and cash transfers are overall progressive and reduce inequality and poverty. Our disaggregated analyses …

In this paper, we use a static fiscal incidence analysis model to evaluate the poverty and inequality impacts of using … substantially reduce poverty and inequality to varying degrees depending on the taxes and transfers used. …

. Inequality and poverty changes were not affected by imputation. We took advantage of the methodology proposed to input rents and …