How do poor households respond to the cessation of cash transfers in developing countries? South Africa"s generous social pension system results in most of the poor elderly being the primary "breadwinner" in the household. ...

While the political transition to democratic rule in South Africa was smooth and rapid, the economic transition has been slow and difficult. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the labour market. Job creation has not ...

Employing South Africa’s first nationally representative panel data set, I find that having old age pension recipients in the household adversely affects employment outcomes of prime-aged adults both by reducing the ...