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A reconsideration of what and who is middle class in South Africa

Dorrit Posel and Justin Visagie

No 249, Working Papers from Economic Research Southern Africa

Abstract: In this paper, we revisit ‘what and who’ is middle class in South Africa using data collected in the 2008 National Income Dynamics Study. First we consider how to identify the middle class based on two broad definitions adopted in the international literature: a middle class defined by the middle share of the national income […]

Keywords: Consumer Behavior; government revenue; Government spending; Social welfare; South Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 D63 I31 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-10-01
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