D31 | Economic Research Southern Africa

JEL code: D31

Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions

Redistribution, Inequality, and Efficiency with Credit Constraints

We develop a model that characterizes the joint determination of in...

Yoseph Y. Getachew, Stephen J. Turnovsky

Working Paper

‘The Prince and the Pauper’: The effect of inherited-wealth status on productivity in t...

This experiment contributes to the developing literature on the rel...

Dr Sofia Monteiro, Patrizio Piraino, Justine Burns

Policy Brief

The Prince and the Pauper: The effect of inherited-wealth status on productivity in the...

There is limited theory and empirical evidence about the effects of...

Justine Burns, Dr Sofia Monteiro, Patrizio Piraino

Working Paper

Human capital inequality and electoral outcomes

Inequality is a problem which has beset South Africa for a long tim...

Biniam E. Bedasso, Nonso Obikili

Policy Brief

Piketty’s Capital and Private Wealth in South Africa

In his bestselling Capital in the 21st Century, Thomas Piketty drew...

Anna Orthofer

Policy Brief

What we talk about when we talk about saving: Concepts and measures of household saving...

South African household savings rates have been declining steadily ...

Anna Orthofer

Working Paper

Financial sustainability of Tanzanian saving and credit cooperatives

This paper examined the profitability and financial sustainability ...

Nyankomo Marwa, Meshach J. Aziakpono

Working Paper

A reconsideration of what and who is middle class in South Africa

In this paper, we revisit ‘what and who’ is middle clas...

Justin Visagie, Dorrit Posel

Working Paper

What are the Distributional Implications of Halving Poverty in South Africa when Growth...

The South African government has set a target of halving poverty by...

Fiona Tregenna

Working Paper

Settler skills and colonial development

The emphasis on location-specific factors, such as climate or disea...

Johan Fourie, Dieter von Fintel

Working Paper

Relative standing and subjective well-being in South Africa: The role of perceptions, e...

Most studies that explore the impact of relative standing on subjec...

Daniela Casale

Working Paper

Production, Inequality and Poverty linkages in South Africa

The Kuznets inequality-development hypothesis can be tested with ti...

Nicholas Ngepah

Working Paper

Macroeconomic performance and inequality: Brazil 1983-1994

We examine how poor macroeconomic performance, mainly in the role o...

Manoel Bittencourt

Working Paper

Exchange rate pass-through to import prices in South Africa: Is there asymmetry?

We examine the impact of financial development on earnings inequali...

Nicolette Cattaneo, T. D. Karoro, Meshach J. Aziakpono

Working Paper

Exchange rate pass-through to import prices in South Africa: Is there asymmetry?

This paper examines the magnitude and speed of exchange rate pass-t...

Meshach J. Aziakpono, Nicolette Cattaneo, T. D. Karoro

Working Paper