Arbeitspapier

Poverty, inequality, and prices in post-apartheid South Africa

Post-apartheid poverty and inequality trends have been the subject of intensive analysis, yet relatively little attention has been devoted to the impact of differential price movements on the measurement of poverty and inequality. This paper aims to tell the story of the evolution of both money-metric and non-money-metric poverty and inequality in post-apartheid South Africa, and to assess the effect of prices on this story. Our results show that inflation over the latter half of the 2000s has been anti-poor and that accounting for differential price movements dampens the measured improvements in poverty and inequality.

ISBN
978-92-9230-848-3
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2014/127

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
Thema
inequality
poverty
prices
South Africa

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Finn, Arden
Leibbrandt, Murray
Oosthuizen, Morné
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
(wo)
Helsinki
(wann)
2014

DOI
doi:10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2014/848-3
Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Finn, Arden
  • Leibbrandt, Murray
  • Oosthuizen, Morné
  • The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)

Entstanden

  • 2014

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