The geography of intergenerational mobility in South Africa

Aarifah Razak

No wp-2026-25, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This paper examines the geography of intergenerational income mobility in South Africa across districts and metropolitan municipalities as well as historically disadvantaged former-homelands. South Africa's high inequality has a geographical dimension (spatial inequality), shaped by a long history of spatially implemented discrimination. Consequently, with the degree of disparate development and access to resources, where children grow up in South Africa strongly influences their prospects.

Keywords: Intergenerational Mobility; Income; Spatial inequality; Instrumental variable; South Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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