This paper studies the effects of local marriage markets on South African women’s marital decisions. The analysis is motivated by the low proportion of married among African mothers since 48% are never married. This means that the children of all these never married mothers have no access to...

For many white South Africans, black demands for redistribution conjure up images of a new South Africa with no future; a country in which the state arbitrarily redistributes proceeds, assets and jobs. At the other extreme are many black South Africans who imagine redistribution to be the key to...