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Eyal, Katherine |
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Keswell, Malcolm |
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2017-03-30T10:17:30Z |
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dc.date.available |
2017-03-30T10:17:30Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2008-01 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Eyal K & Keswell M (2008) Identfying Pure-Income Effects in an Empirical Model of Labour Supply: the case of the South African Social Pension. A Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit Working Paper Number 19. Cape Town: SALDRU, University of Cape Town |
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978-0-9814031-9-9 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/11090/863 |
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dc.description.abstract |
This paper investigates the income effects of the South African Social Pension. Using data from three waves of the the Labour Force Survey, we find that there appears to be a significant negative association between labour supply and pension receipt. However, we find little evidence to support the view that these results can be interpreted as pure income effects. Rather, the evidence suggests that the association is driven by age-cohort effects, which we argue reflects the burden of living with the elderly. We also report preliminary evidence which is suggestive of endogenous household formation in response to eligibility for the social pension. |
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dc.description.sponsorship |
Katherine Eyal is a Doctoral Candidate, Department of Economics, Hebrew University and Malcolm
Keswell is an Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Stellenbosch University and Honorary
Research Associate, SALDRU, School of Economics, University of Cape Town. We thank Justine
Burns, David Lam, Murray Leibbrandt and Martin Wittenberg for useful comments and discussions.
Support for this research was provided by the U.S. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
(Grant R01HD045581). Comments can be sent to keswell@cournot.sun.ac.za |
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en |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
SALDRU Working Papers;19 |
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dc.subject |
public transfers, |
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dc.subject |
pensions, |
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dc.subject |
labour supply |
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dc.title |
Identfying Pure-Income Effects in an Empirical Model of Labour Supply: the case of the South African Social Pension |
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dc.type |
Working Paper |
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