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Socio-economic inequality in South Africa according to different disparity indices
Hakizimana, Jean-Mari V.; Geyer, Hermanus S. - 2014
The purpose of the paper is to identify areas in South Africa where social-economic disparity exists using 2011 census data. Different indices are used to measure spatial disparity with the aim of finding the most appropriate approach for measuring disparities under different circumstances. The...
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Snakes and ladders and loaded dice : poverty dynamics and inequality in South Africa, 2008-2017
Zizzamia, Rocco; Schotte, Simone; Leibbrandt, Murray V. - 2019
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 …
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Inequalities in emerging economies : informing the policy dialogue on inclusive growth
Balestra, Carlotta; Llena-Nozal, Ana; Murtin, Fabrice; … - 2018
The paper describes inequality trends in selected emerging economies (Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa) in a range of monetary (i.e. income) and non-monetary dimensions of people’s life (i.e. education, health status, employment and subjective well-being)....
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Poverty, inequality, and prices in post-apartheid South Africa
Finn, Arden; Leibbrandt, Murray V.; Oosthuizen, Morné - 2014
Post-apartheid poverty and inequality trends have been the subject of intensive analysis, yet relatively little … attention has been devoted to the impact of differential price movements on the measurement of poverty and inequality. This … paper aims to tell the story of the evolution of both money-metric and non-money-metric poverty and inequality in post …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010411479
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Drivers of inequality in South Africa
Hundenborn, Janina; Leibbrandt, Murray V.; Woolard, Ingrid - 2018
The first democratic elections in 1994 brought about the promise for equal opportunity and an overall improvement of living standards for the majority of the South African population. However, 20 years after the democratization of South Africa, levels of inequality remain stubbornly high. The...
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Prioritarianism and equality of opportunity
Brunori, Paolo; Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Peragine, … - 2021
This paper asks whether prioritarianism - the view that social welfare orderings should give explicit priority to the worse-off - is consistent with the normative theory of equality of opportunity. We show that there are inherent tensions between some of the axioms underpinning prioritarianism...
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Inherited inequality : a general framework and a "beyond-averages" application to South Africa
Brunori, Paolo; Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Salas-Rojo, Pedro - 2024
Scholars have sought to quantify the extent of inequality which is inherited from past generations in multiple ways, including a large body of work on intergenerational mobility and inequality of opportunity. This paper makes two contributions to that broad literature. First, we show that many...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015045003
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Halving poverty in South Africa: Growth and distributional aspects ; distributional implications of halving poverty in South Africa
Tregenna, Fiona - 2011
The United Nations Millennium Declaration commits to halving extreme poverty between 2000 and 2015. The South African … government has set a goal of halving poverty by 2014, although the meaning of this goal has not yet been defined. This article … specifies government's stated target of halving poverty by 2014 in terms of specific measures of the poverty gap and poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280230
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Halving poverty in South Africa : growth and distributional aspects ; distributional implications of halving poverty in South Africa
Tregenna, Fiona - 2011
The United Nations Millennium Declaration commits to halving extreme poverty between 2000 and 2015. The South African … government has set a goal of halving poverty by 2014, although the meaning of this goal has not yet been defined. This article … specifies government's stated target of halving poverty by 2014 in terms of specific measures of the poverty gap and poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009310292
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The capability threshold : re-examining the definition of the middle class in an unequal developing country
Burger, Ronelle; McAravey, Camren; Berg, Servaas van der - 2015
In a polarised and highly unequal country such as South Africa, it is unlikely that a definition of the middle class that is based on an income threshold will adequately capture the political and social meanings of being middle class. We therefore propose a multi-dimensional definition, rooted...
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