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Working Papers

2021

1. Simulation of options to replace the special COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress grant and close the poverty gap at the food poverty line
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (2)
2. The Impact of Taxes and Transfers on Poverty and Income Distribution in South Africa 2014/15
   Commitment to Equity (CEQ) Working Paper Series, Tulane University, Department of Economics View citations (1)

2020

3. Exclusive growth?: Rapidly increasing top incomes amidst low national growth in South Africa
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (5)
   See also Journal Article Exclusive Growth? Rapidly Increasing Top Incomes Amid Low National Growth in South Africa, South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa (2021) View citations (5) (2021)
4. The Impact of Taxes and Transfers on Poverty and Income Distribution in South Africa 2014/2015
   Working Paper, Agence française de développement View citations (3)

2018

5. Drivers of inequality in South Africa
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (6)
   Also in SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town (2016) View citations (10)
6. Reducing inequalities and strengthening social cohesion through inclusive growth: A roadmap for action
   Economics Discussion Papers, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel) View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article Reducing inequalities and strengthening social cohesion through inclusive growth: A roadmap for action, Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal (2007-2020), Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel) (2018) View citations (4) (2018)
7. Revisiting the impact of direct taxes and transfers on poverty and inequality in South Africa
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (12)
8. The effect of top incomes on inequality in South Africa
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article The effect of top incomes on inequality in South Africa, International Tax and Public Finance, Springer (2019) View citations (11) (2019)

2017

9. Public pensions and elderly informal employment: Evidence from a change in retirement age in South Africa
   SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (6)

2016

10. Cross-Sectional Features of Wealth Inequality in South Africa: Evidence from the National Income Dynamics Study
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (5)
11. In-Work Poverty in South Africa: The Impact of Income Sharing in the Presence of High Unemployment
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (3)
12. Investigating the Feasibility of a National Minimum Wage for South Africa
    Working Papers, University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit View citations (2)

2015

13. Distributional Impact of Fiscal Policy in South Africa
    Commitment to Equity (CEQ) Working Paper Series, Tulane University, Department of Economics View citations (33)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2015) View citations (28)
14. Governance and inequality: Benchmarking and interpreting South Africa’s evolving political settlement
    Global Development Institute Working Paper Series, GDI, The University of Manchester View citations (4)
15. South African poverty lines: a review and two new money-metric thresholds
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (18)
16. Strategies of the unemployed in South Africa: Does moving allow the unemployed to get ahead?
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town

2014

17. Antipoverty Transfers and Inclusive Growth in Brazil
    Global Development Institute Working Paper Series, GDI, The University of Manchester View citations (1)
18. South Africa's evolving political settlement in comparative perspective
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (5)

2013

19. School Enrolment and the Child Support Grant: Evidence from South Africa
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (3)
20. The influence of social transfers on labour supply: A South African and international review
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (8)
21. Unemployment and Household formation
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (1)
22. What happened to multidimensional poverty in South Africa between 1993 and 2010?
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (20)

2012

23. Child Grants in the National Income Dynamics Study Wave 2
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (1)
24. Labour Market: Analysis of the NIDS Wave 1 and 2 Datasets
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (6)

2011

25. Throwing the Book at the CSG
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (10)

2010

26. The Evolution and Impact of Unconditional Cash Transfers in South Africa
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (25)
27. Trends in South African Income Distribution and Poverty since the Fall of Apartheid
    OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers, OECD Publishing View citations (173)

2007

28. The Impact of Unconditional Cash Transfers on Nutrition: The South African Child Support Grant
    Working Papers, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth View citations (49)
    Also in SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town (2006) View citations (61)
29. Why Has Unemployment Risen in the New South Africa
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (59)
    Also in CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (2006) View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Why has unemployment risen in the New South Africa?1, The Economics of Transition, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (2008) View citations (89) (2008)

2005

30. Asset-based versus money metric poverty indices in South Africa: An assessment using the Chronic Poverty Research Centre RSA 2002 Survey
    SALDRU/CSSR Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town
31. Measuring Recent Changes in South African Inequality and Poverty using 1996 and 2001 Census Data
    Working Papers, University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit View citations (9)
    Also in SALDRU/CSSR Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town (2004) View citations (33)
32. Surviving unemployment without state support: Unemployment and household formation in South Africa
    SALDRU/CSSR Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (1)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2000) View citations (31)
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2001) View citations (24)
    See also Journal Article Surviving Unemployment Without State Support: Unemployment and Household Formation in South Africa, Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies (2009) View citations (39) (2009)
33. The State of the Labour Market in South Africa after the First Decade of Democracy
    SALDRU/CSSR Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (23)

2004

34. Determinants of Income Mobility and Household Poverty Dynamics in South Africa
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article Determinants of Income Mobility and Household Poverty Dynamics in South Africa, Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2005) View citations (77) (2005)

2002

35. A Comparison of Wage Levels and Wage Inequality in the Public and Private Sectors, 1995 and 2000
    Working Papers, University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit View citations (3)
36. Achieving Employment Equity in the Public Service: a study of changes between 1995 and 2001
    Working Papers, University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit View citations (1)

1999

37. Household Incomes, Poverty and Inequality in a Multivariate Framework
    Working Papers, University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit View citations (12)
38. Measuring Poverty in South Africa
    Working Papers, University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit View citations (29)

1996

39. The Contribution of Income Components to Income Inequality in South Africa. A Decomposable Gini Analysis
    Working Papers, World Bank - Living Standards Measurement View citations (15)
    Also in Working Papers, World Bank - Living Standards Measurement (1996) View citations (16)

Journal Articles

2021

1. Exclusive Growth? Rapidly Increasing Top Incomes Amid Low National Growth in South Africa
   South African Journal of Economics, 2021, 89, (2), 246-273 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper Exclusive growth?: Rapidly increasing top incomes amidst low national growth in South Africa, WIDER Working Paper Series (2020) View citations (5) (2020)

2019

2. The effect of top incomes on inequality in South Africa
   International Tax and Public Finance, 2019, 26, (5), 1018-1047 View citations (11)
   See also Working Paper The effect of top incomes on inequality in South Africa, WIDER Working Paper Series (2018) View citations (2) (2018)

2018

3. Reducing inequalities and strengthening social cohesion through inclusive growth: A roadmap for action
   Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal (2007-2020), 2018, 12, 1-26 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper Reducing inequalities and strengthening social cohesion through inclusive growth: A roadmap for action, Economics Discussion Papers (2018) View citations (4) (2018)

2017

4. The Impact of Health on Labour Force Participation in South Africa
   South African Journal of Economics, 2017, 85, (4), 481-490 View citations (6)

2016

5. Heterogeneity in Bolsa Família outcomes
   The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 2016, 62, (C), 33-40 View citations (8)

2014

6. Getting ahead or falling behind: Findings from the second wave of the National Income Dynamics Study
   Development Southern Africa, 2014, 31, (1), 1-15 View citations (1)
7. Winners and losers: South African labour-market dynamics between 2008 and 2010
   Development Southern Africa, 2014, 31, (1), 65-84 View citations (1)

2012

8. Describing and decomposing post-apartheid income inequality in South Africa
   Development Southern Africa, 2012, 29, (1), 19-34 View citations (90)
9. The fiscal cost of child grants in the context of high adult mortality in South Africa: A simulation to 2015
   Development Southern Africa, 2012, 29, (1), 141-156

2010

10. Changes in Income Poverty Over the Post-Apartheid Period: An Analysis Based on Data From the 1993 Project for Statistics on Living Standards and Development and the 2008 Base Wave of the National Income Dynamics Study
    Studies in Economics and Econometrics, 2010, 34, (3), 25-43
11. Introduction to the Special Edition on the South African National Income Dynamics Study
    Studies in Economics and Econometrics, 2010, 34, (3), 1-5 View citations (4)
12. The South African National Income Dynamics Study: Design and Methodological Issues
    Studies in Economics and Econometrics, 2010, 34, (3), 7-24 View citations (5)

2009

13. Surviving Unemployment Without State Support: Unemployment and Household Formation in South Africa
    Journal of African Economies, 2009, 18, (1), 1-51 View citations (39)
    See also Working Paper Surviving unemployment without state support: Unemployment and household formation in South Africa, SALDRU/CSSR Working Papers (2005) View citations (1) (2005)

2008

14. Why has unemployment risen in the New South Africa?1
    The Economics of Transition, 2008, 16, (4), 715-740 View citations (89)
    See also Working Paper Why Has Unemployment Risen in the New South Africa, NBER Working Papers (2007) View citations (59) (2007)

2005

15. Determinants of Income Mobility and Household Poverty Dynamics in South Africa
    Journal of Development Studies, 2005, 41, (5), 865-897 View citations (77)
    See also Working Paper Determinants of Income Mobility and Household Poverty Dynamics in South Africa, IZA Discussion Papers (2004) View citations (13) (2004)

2001

16. HOUSEHOLD INEQUALITY AND THE LABOR MARKET IN SOUTH AFRICA
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 2001, 19, (1), 73-86 View citations (8)
17. The labour market and household income inequality in South Africa: existing evidence and new panel data
    Journal of International Development, 2001, 13, (6), 671-689 View citations (11)

2000

18. The Contribution of Income Components to Income Inequality in the Rural Former Homelands of South Africa: A Decomposable Gini Analysis
    Journal of African Economies, 2000, 9, (1), 79-99 View citations (22)
    Also in Journal of African Economies, 2000, 9, (1), 79-99 (2000) View citations (20)
19. Understanding Contemporary Household Inequality in South Africa
    Studies in Economics and Econometrics, 2000, 24, (3), 31-51 View citations (17)

1999

20. A comparison of poverty in South Africa's nine provinces
    Development Southern Africa, 1999, 16, (1), 37-54 View citations (23)
21. Levels, trends and consistency of employment and unemployment figures in South Africa
    Development Southern Africa, 1999, 16, (1), 3-35 View citations (30)

Chapters

2011

1. Poverty Traps and Structural Poverty in South Africa: Reassessing the Evidence from KwaZulu-Natal, 1993 to 2004
   Chapter 6 in Why Poverty Persists, 2011 View citations (1)