Household formation and service delivery in post-apartheid South Africa: Evidence from the Agincourt sub-district 1992-2012

Martin Wittenberg and Mark Collinson
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Mark Collinson: MRC/Wits University Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand

No 230, SALDRU Working Papers from Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town

Abstract: South Africa has seen a rapid rate of new household formation since 1994. The same period has also seen an impressive roll-out of housing and services. These interact since new household formation delays the elimination of backlogs. Based on data from the Agincourt study site and a novel decomposition technique we suggest that service delivery may actually fuel new household formation.

Keywords: South Africa; Agincourt; household formation; RDP housing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C42 D19 I38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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