Determinants of income mobility and household poverty dynamics in South Africa

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 865-897

  Woolard, Ingrid ^a   Klasen, Stephan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MOBILITY; POVERTY DETERMINANT;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 21844441631     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380500145313     Document Type: Article

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