An assessment of inequality estimates for the case of South Africa

Muna Shifa, Rejoice Mabhena, Vimal Ranchhod and Murray Leibbrandt

No wp-2023-90, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: A substantial amount of research has been conducted examining inequality in South Africa using multiple data sources. We provide an overview of this research in this paper. Furthermore, we use nationally representative survey data to estimate income and consumption inequality in South Africa between 1993 and 2017, and we discuss the comparability of income and consumption measures across surveys. We compare our estimates of inequality to those in the World Income Inequality Database (WIID), which provides adjusted inequality estimates to ensure consistency across time and countries.

Keywords: Income distribution; Inequality; Survey; South Africa; Survey data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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