Post-transition poverty trends basedon an alternative data source

South African Journal of Economics

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-76

  van Der Berg, Servaas ^a   louw, Megan ^a   Yu, Derek ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Income Distribution Analysis; Inequality; Poverty; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY DETERMINANT;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 42649135870     PISSN: 00382280     EISSN: 18136982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1813-6982.2008.00161.x     Document Type: Article

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