Poverty and inequality in the first decade of South Africa's democracy: What can be learnt from panel data from KwaZulu-Natal?

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 782-812

  Agüero, Jorge ^a   Carter, Michael R ^b   May, Julian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; PANEL DATA; POVERTY; SOCIAL INDICATOR;

AFRICA; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 35649017632     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: 14643723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jae/ejm015     Document Type: Article

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