Income and Non-Income Inequality in Post-Apartheid South Africa: What are the Drivers and Possible Policy Interventions?
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2009-08
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University of Cape Town
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Development and Poverty Research Unit Working Paper Development Policy Research Unit Working Paper 09/138
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Analysis using data from the 1995 and 2000 Income and Expenditure Surveys has found a significant increase in income inequality over the period and, further, that this increase in inequality eroded any significant poverty-reduction gains from higher economic growth.
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Bhorat, H., van der Westhuizen, C., Jacobs, T. 2009-08. Income and Non-Income Inequality in Post-Apartheid South Africa: What are the Drivers and Possible Policy Interventions?. Development and Poverty Research Unit Working Paper Development Policy Research Unit Working Paper 09/138. University of Cape Town.