2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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abstract: 'There has been very little detailed exploration of the relationship
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between wage income and household inequality in South Africa despite the
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relevance of this issue for many contemporary growth and development
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policy debates. This article is directed at such an analysis. It uses a
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decomposition of household income inequality by income components to
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highlight the dominance of wage income in driving overall income
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inequality. This is followed by a derailed discussion of the
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distribution of the unemployed across different wage-earning household
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categories. Many of the unemployed are seen to depend on wage earners
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within their households, but a significant percentage of the unemployed,
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especially in rural areas, have no direct link to labor market earners.
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In such cases, the creation of employment is essential. The conclusion
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explores policy implications by linking our empirical findings to South
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African debates over the quality versus the quantity of employment. (JEL
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D31, J68, O55).'
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affiliation: 'Leibbrandt, M (Corresponding Author), Univ Cape Town, Sch Econ, ZA-7700
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Rondebosch, South Africa.
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Univ Cape Town, Sch Econ, ZA-7700 Rondebosch, South Africa.
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Univ Cape Town, Dev Policy Res Unit, ZA-7700 Rondebosch, South Africa.
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Univ Port Elizabeth, Dept Econ, ZA-6000 Port Elizabeth, South Africa.'
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author: Leibbrandt, M and Bhorat, H and Woolard, I
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author-email: 'murray@humanities.uct.ac.za
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bhorat@hiddingh.uct.ac.za
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ecaidw@upe.ac.za'
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author_list:
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- family: Leibbrandt
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given: M
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- family: Bhorat
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given: H
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- family: Woolard
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given: I
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1093/cep/19.1.73
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eissn: 1465-7287
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files: []
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issn: 1074-3529
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journal: CONTEMPORARY ECONOMIC POLICY
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keywords-plus: INCOME COMPONENTS
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language: English
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month: JAN
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note: '73rd Annual Meeting of the Western-Economic-Association-International,
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LAKE TAHOE, NV, JUN 28-JUL 02, 1998'
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number: '1'
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number-of-cited-references: '29'
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orcid-numbers: 'Leibbrandt, Murray/0000-0003-0829-8844
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Woolard, Ingrid/0000-0003-4013-5797'
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pages: 73-86
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papis_id: ae820d0312f29f1bae3d3c2c971825a3
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ref: Leibbrandt2001householdinequality
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researcherid-numbers: 'Leibbrandt, Murray/E-1645-2018
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times-cited: '7'
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title: Household inequality and the labor market in South Africa
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000166534500008
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '6'
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volume: '19'
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web-of-science-categories: Economics; Public Administration
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year: '2001'
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