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Poverty in South Africa: A profile based on recent household surveys

Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP04/2008 Abstract: This paper provides a non-technical, snapshot-like profile of poverty in South Africa based on two surveys recently conducted…

October 17, 2017 By: Paula Armstrong, Bongisa Lekezwa and Krige Siebrits PDF

The comparability of Income and Expenditure Surveys 1995, 2000 and 2005/2006

Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP11/2008 Abstract: The Income and Expenditure Survey (IES) conducted by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) between September 2005 and August…

October 17, 2017 By: Derek Yu PDF

How invariant is South African child poverty to the choice of equivalence scale or poverty measure?

Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP13/2008 Abstract: This paper offers evidence on the sensitivity of child poverty in South Africa to changes in the Adult…

October 17, 2017 By: Servaas van der Berg, Judith Streak, Derek Yu PDF

The fiscal incidence of provision of free basic water

Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP11/2009 Abstract: A policy of free basic services (water, sanitation and electricity) was introduced by the government in 2000 to…

October 17, 2017 By: Cobus Burger, Eldridge Moses, Servaas van der Berg, Ada Jansen, Hassan Essop PDF

Main Findings on Free Basic Services from National Treasury Fiscal Incidence Report

Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP14/2009 Abstract: This study analyses the extent to which the poor benefit from Free Basic Services (FBS), which include free…

October 17, 2017 By: Eldridge Moses, Hassan Essop PDF

Poverty, Inequality and the Role of Social Grants: An Analysis using Decomposition Techniques

Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP15/2009 Abstract: Despite South Africa’s transition from apartheid in 1994, the social landscape is still fragmented along racial lines. However,…

October 17, 2017 By: Cobus Burger, Paula Armstrong PDF

Poverty trends since the transition: What we know

Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP19/2009 Abstract: Using alternative data sources on income and poverty with a shorter time lag makes it possible to discern…

October 17, 2017 By: Servaas van der Berg, Megan Louw, Leon du Toit PDF

The comparability of Census 1996, Census 2001 and Community Survey 2007

Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP21/2009 Abstract: Census 1996 and Census 2001 are the only all-inclusive censuses conducted by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) under…

October 17, 2017 By: Derek Yu PDF

Development – Working Papers

Poverty in South Africa: A profile based on recent household surveys

The comparability of Income and Expenditure Surveys 1995, 2000 and 2005/2006

How invariant is South African child poverty to the choice of equivalence scale or poverty measure?

The fiscal incidence of provision of free basic water

Main Findings on Free Basic Services from National Treasury Fiscal Incidence Report

Poverty, Inequality and the Role of Social Grants: An Analysis using Decomposition Techniques

Poverty trends since the transition: What we know

The comparability of Census 1996, Census 2001 and Community Survey 2007

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