“Sometimes you don’t make enough to buy food†– an analysis of South African street waste pickers’ income

Catherina J. Schenck, Jacoba Viljoen and Phillip F. Blaauw

No 603, Working Papers from Economic Research Southern Africa

Abstract: In this paper we use income data of 873 street waste pickers in South Africa to assess whether their income is sufficient to make a living and to identify the possible factors that may influence their income. The results can assist policy makers to make informed decisions in designing and implementing policies aimed at improving […]

Keywords: Consumer Behavior; Development Economics; poverty; Social welfare; waste management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E2 E26 I30 J40 O17 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-04-01
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