Crosoer, David; Leibbrandt, Murray; Woolard, Ingrid(CSSR and SALDRU, 2005-12)
Using data from a detailed chronic poverty survey of three South African communities, this paper compares the correlations between traditional (i.e. income and expenditure) and wealth-based measures of poverty in ranking ...
The paper analyses poverty and inequality changes in South Africa for the period 1996 to 2001 using Census data. To gain a broader picture of wellbeing in South Africa, both income-based and access-based measurement ...
Woolard, Ingrid; Burger, Rulof(CSSR and SALDRU, 2005-10)
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 ...
Klasen, Stephen; Woolard, Ingrid(CSSR and SALDRU, 2005-10)
While in many African countries, open unemployment is largely confined to urban
areas and thus overall rates are quite low, in South Africa (and a few other Southern
African countries), open unemployment rates hover around ...
