2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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abstract: 'One of the most important policy objectives in the post-apartheid South
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African economy is to reduce poverty. Although economic growth and job
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creation are the preferred sources of alleviating poverty and
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inequality, social grant spending has contributed significantly to
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reduce poverty (Van der Berg et al. in Poverty trends since the
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transition: what we know. Stellenbosch Economic Working Papers: 19/09.
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Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University, 2009). Recently proposals were
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tabled by the Department of Social Development of South Africa (Fin24 in
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R3.3bn plan to extend child support grant to 21.
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http://www.fin24.com/Economy/R33bn-child-care-grant-extension-to-21-on-c
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ards-20150316. Accessed August 7, 2015, 2015) to extend the age
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eligibility of the child support grant (CSG) to 21 years (at the time of
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writing children aged up to 18 years are eligible). This sparked an
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interest to investigate the impact on poverty of changes to the
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eligibility criteria of CSG, as well as its fiscal implications. Using
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person and household data from the 2010/2011 Income and Expenditure
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Survey, various simulations are performed to assess the impact on
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poverty rates and changes to social spending, given the following
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changes: (1) if all age-eligible children applied; (2) if all
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beneficiaries received the grant amount for the full 12-month duration;
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(3) if the age eligibility criterion is extended; and (4) if the monthly
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child grant income amount is revised upwards. We also examine how
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changes in the eligibility criteria affect the income distribution.'
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affiliation: 'Yu, D (Corresponding Author), Univ Western Cape, Dept Econ, Private
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Bag X17, ZA-7535 Bellville, South Africa.
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Beukes, Rochelle; Moses, Mariana; Yu, Derek, Univ Western Cape, Dept Econ, Private
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Bag X17, ZA-7535 Bellville, South Africa.
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Jansen, Ada, Stellenbosch Univ, Dept Econ, Private Bag X1, ZA-7602 Matieland, South
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Africa.'
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author: Beukes, Rochelle and Jansen, Ada and Moses, Mariana and Yu, Derek
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author-email: 'rgallant01@gmail.com
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ada@sun.ac.za
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mmoses@uwc.ac.za
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dyu@uwc.ac.za'
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author_list:
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- family: Beukes
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given: Rochelle
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- family: Jansen
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given: Ada
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- family: Moses
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given: Mariana
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- family: Yu
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given: Derek
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1007/s11205-016-1433-z
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eissn: 1573-0921
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files: []
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issn: 0303-8300
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journal: SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH
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keywords: 'Child support grant; South Africa; Poverty; Simulations; Fiscal impact;
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Equity'
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keywords-plus: SOUTH-AFRICA
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language: English
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month: NOV
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number: '2'
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number-of-cited-references: '32'
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orcid-numbers: Jansen, Ada/0000-0003-1430-2221
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pages: 511-529
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papis_id: 38b451d4bc6958236f6608fbe3a2ac60
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ref: Beukes2017exploringeligibility
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times-cited: '1'
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title: Exploring the Eligibility Criteria of the Child Support Grant and its Impact
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on Poverty
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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:000413985000006
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usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
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usage-count-since-2013: '8'
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volume: '134'
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web-of-science-categories: Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary; Sociology
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year: '2017'
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