This paper sets out the methodological issues for the measurement of poverty before presenting a poverty profile of South Africa. It tests the sensitivity of the poverty profile to choices around the metric used to measure well-being, the equivalence scale used and the level of the poverty line.
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Woolard, I., Leibbrandt, M. 1999-10. Measuring Poverty in South Africa. Development and Poverty Research Unit Working Paper Development Policy Research Unit Working Paper 99/033. University of Cape Town.
Woolard, I., & Leibbrandt, M. (1999). Measuring Poverty in South Africa (Development and Poverty Research Unit Working Paper Development Policy Research Unit Working Paper 99/033). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7237
Woolard, Ingrid, and Murray Leibbrandt Measuring Poverty in South Africa. Development and Poverty Research Unit Working Paper Development Policy Research Unit Working Paper 99/033. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU), 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7237
Woolard I, Leibbrandt M. Measuring Poverty in South Africa. 1999 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7237
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