Production, inequality and poverty linkages in South Africa
| dc.contributor.author | Ngepah, Nicholas | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-02-18T08:53:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-02-18T08:53:33Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-02-12T13:45:39Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | The Kuznets inequality-development hypothesis can be tested with time-series data rather than the cross-section analyses found in earlier literature. Single-country time-series analysis cannot be done without addressing endogeneity between output and inequality. South Africa has been under-researched in this area due to a lack of data. Recent data released by the Presidency of South Africa makes such analysis possible. Besides, the use of a single inequality index in such a multiracial society is likely to capture only average effects. This paper jointly estimates production, inequality (decomposed by sub-group) and poverty with 3sls using South African data. The findings suggest that production is affected negatively by between-group inequality. Credit constraints and interracial tensions are possible causes, generating significant adverse effects that stifle economic productivity. Within-group inequality enhances production, possibly due to within-group social capital. There is evidence of an inverted U-shape relationship between per capita income and between-group inequality, but a U-shaped one between per capita income and within-group inequality. However due to the effects of the active post-apartheid policies — which reduce between-group inequality, but increase within-group inequality — it is doubtful if this relationship is capturing a Kuznets process. There is a significant poverty-increasing (reducing) effect of total and between-group inequalities (output). The abjectly poor seem to suffer more from inequality than others do. Policy efforts have to focus on reducing between-group inequality. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Ngepah, N. (2010). <i>Production, inequality and poverty linkages in South Africa</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Energy Research Centre. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17100 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Ngepah, Nicholas <i>Production, inequality and poverty linkages in South Africa.</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Energy Research Centre, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17100 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Ngepah, N. (2011). Production, inequality and poverty linkages in South Africa. Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) Working Paper, 1-18. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Working Paper AU - Ngepah, Nicholas AB - The Kuznets inequality-development hypothesis can be tested with time-series data rather than the cross-section analyses found in earlier literature. Single-country time-series analysis cannot be done without addressing endogeneity between output and inequality. South Africa has been under-researched in this area due to a lack of data. Recent data released by the Presidency of South Africa makes such analysis possible. Besides, the use of a single inequality index in such a multiracial society is likely to capture only average effects. This paper jointly estimates production, inequality (decomposed by sub-group) and poverty with 3sls using South African data. The findings suggest that production is affected negatively by between-group inequality. Credit constraints and interracial tensions are possible causes, generating significant adverse effects that stifle economic productivity. Within-group inequality enhances production, possibly due to within-group social capital. There is evidence of an inverted U-shape relationship between per capita income and between-group inequality, but a U-shaped one between per capita income and within-group inequality. However due to the effects of the active post-apartheid policies — which reduce between-group inequality, but increase within-group inequality — it is doubtful if this relationship is capturing a Kuznets process. There is a significant poverty-increasing (reducing) effect of total and between-group inequalities (output). The abjectly poor seem to suffer more from inequality than others do. Policy efforts have to focus on reducing between-group inequality. DA - 2010 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - production KW - income distribution KW - poverty KW - 3sls KW - South Africa LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2010 T1 - Production, inequality and poverty linkages in South Africa TI - Production, inequality and poverty linkages in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17100 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17100 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Ngepah N. Production, inequality and poverty linkages in South Africa. 2010 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17100 | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Energy Research Centre | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment | |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.subject | production | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | income distribution | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | poverty | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | 3sls | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | South Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Production, inequality and poverty linkages in South Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Working Paper | en_ZA |
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| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Working paper | en_ZA |