Getting ahead or falling behind: Findings from the second wave of the National Income Dynamics Study

 

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dc.creator Woolard, Ingrid
dc.creator Leibbrandt, Murray
dc.creator Daniels, Reza Che
dc.date 2014-06-04T12:53:34Z
dc.date 2014-06-04T12:53:34Z
dc.date 2014
dc.date.accessioned 2015-05-28T10:06:36Z
dc.date.available 2015-05-28T10:06:36Z
dc.date.issued 2015-05-28
dc.identifier Woolard, I.; Leibbrandt, M. & Daniels, R.C. (2014). Getting ahead or falling behind: Findings from the second wave of the National Income Dynamics Study, Development Southern Africa 31(1): 1-15.
dc.identifier http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0376835X.2013.853613?queryID=%24%7BresultBean.queryID%7D#.U48WKvnoQ24
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/11090/703
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/11090/703
dc.description The National Income Dynamics Study is the first national panel study of South African individuals. Its objective is to track these individuals over time to study social mobility. This paper documents the survey design and a successful recontact record in Wave 2 before providing an overview of the key findings from the other papers in this issue of the journal. Those from the top of the income distribution were hardest to recontact. The papers show that average real incomes grew slightly between 2008 and 2010. However, life satisfaction and expectations of future upward mobility declined. Being unemployed and moving into unemployment is associated with the lowest level of life satisfaction. Aggregate employment did not decline much but there was significant labour-market churn. The National Income Dynamics Study data reveal high levels of grade repetition and a slow transition from school to work. Relocating is shown to be an important part of schooling and employment decisions.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Development Southern Africa
dc.subject NIDS
dc.subject South Africa
dc.subject Longitudinal data analysis
dc.subject Social mobility
dc.subject Income distribution
dc.subject Employment
dc.subject Education
dc.title Getting ahead or falling behind: Findings from the second wave of the National Income Dynamics Study
dc.type Journal Article
uct.type.publication Research en_ZA
uct.type.resource Article en_ZA
dc.publisher.institution University of Cape Town
dc.publisher.faculty Faculty of Commerce en_ZA
dc.publisher.department SALDRU en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article DA - 2015-05-28 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - NIDS KW - South Africa KW - Longitudinal data analysis KW - Social mobility KW - Income distribution KW - Employment KW - Education LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - Getting ahead or falling behind: Findings from the second wave of the National Income Dynamics Study TI - Getting ahead or falling behind: Findings from the second wave of the National Income Dynamics Study UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11090/703 ER - en_ZA


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