Longitudinal surveys can give insight into economic mobility, which allows us to understand how markers of (dis)advantage are consequential in determining material conditions in the present, and how these markers structure economic opportunity over time. In this paper we show that this dynamic...

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)...

How important are firms for wage inequality in developing countries where structural unemployment is high? Research into the role of firms in labor market inequality has focused on contexts close to full employment. Using matched employer-employee data from South Africa, I find that firms...