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- Title
CHANGING PATTERNS OF SOUTH AFRICAN INCOME DISTRIBUTION: TOWARDS TIME SERIES ESTIMATES OF DISTRIBUTION AND POVERTY.
- Authors
van der Berg, Servaas; Louw, Megan
- Abstract
This article discusses various issues related to changing patterns of South African income distribution. The heated debate about trends in the post-transition racial distribution of income, inequality and poverty has been fed by different perspectives on the policy path followed by the new government, particularly regarding its economic and distributive policies. Unfortunately, this debate has floundered because of uncertain trends in post-transition income, mainly for reasons of poor quality of information. One of the main areas of contention regarding post- transition trends relates to whether poverty has increased or decreased. Despite the uncertainty surrounding analysis of recent trends in poverty, there is greater agreement over patterns in inequality.
- Subjects
SOUTH Africa; INCOME inequality; INCOME; POVERTY; SOUTH Africans; WEALTH
- Publication
South African Journal of Economics, 2004, Vol 72, Issue 3, p546
- ISSN
0038-2280
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1813-6982.2004.tb00125.x