Describing and decomposing post-apartheid income inequality in South Africa

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dc.creatorLeibbrandt, Murray
dc.creatorFinn, Arden
dc.creatorWoolard, Ingrid
dc.date2014-07-01T09:53:59Z
dc.date2014-07-01T09:53:59Z
dc.date2012
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-28T10:06:44Z
dc.date.available2015-05-28T10:06:44Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-28
dc.descriptionThis paper describes the changes in inequality in South Africa over the post-apartheid period, using income data from 1993 and 2008. Having shown that the data are comparable over time, it then profiles aggregate changes in income inequality, showing that inequality has increased over the post-apartheid period because an increased share of income has gone to the top decile. Social grants have become much more important as sources of income in the lower deciles. However, income source decomposition shows that the labour market has been and remains the main driver of aggregate inequality. Inequality within each racial group has increased and both standard and new methodologies show that the contribution of between-race inequality has decreased. Both aggregate and within-group inequality are responding to rising unemployment and rising earnings inequality. Those who have neither access to social grants nor the education levels necessary to integrate successfully into a harsh labour market are especially vulnerable.
dc.identifierLeibbrandt, M., Finn, A. & Woolard, I. (2012). Describing and decomposing post-apartheid income inequality in South Africa, Development Southern Africa, 29(1): 19-34 .
dc.identifierhttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0376835X.2012.645639#.U7KE1vmSz9V
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/759
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article DA - 2015-05-28 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Post-apartheid South Africa KW - Income inequality KW - Racial inequality KW - Labour markets KW - Social grants KW - Inequality drivers LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - Describing and decomposing post-apartheid income inequality in South Africa TI - Describing and decomposing post-apartheid income inequality in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11090/759 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/759
dc.languageen
dc.publisherDevelopment Southern Africa
dc.publisher.departmentSALDRUen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subjectPost-apartheid South Africa
dc.subjectIncome inequality
dc.subjectRacial inequality
dc.subjectLabour markets
dc.subjectSocial grants
dc.subjectInequality drivers
dc.titleDescribing and decomposing post-apartheid income inequality in South Africa
dc.typeJournal Article
uct.type.publicationResearchen_ZA
uct.type.resourceArticleen_ZA
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