Arbeitspapier

The Long Walk: Considering the Enduring Spatial and Racial Dimensions of Deprivation Two Decades after the Fall of Apartheid

This study examines the enduring spatial and racial dimensions of poverty and deprivation in South Africa to assess the progress made by the post-apartheid society and state. A multi-dimensional approach is required to assess progress because it can reflect the reduction in deprivation attributable to the improved affordability and expanded coverage of government services. While there has been previous studies tracking poverty trends over segments of the post-apartheid period, no previous work has considered multi-dimensional deprivation over the two decades following the official fall of apartheid. We adopt the Total Fuzzy and Relative approach proposed by Cheli and Lemmi (1995) to derive a poverty index with nine dimensions of deprivation, including education, employment, dwelling type, overcrowding, access to electricity, water, telephone, sanitation and refuse collection. Our analysis shows that there has been a significant improvement in South African deprivation levels between 1996 and 2011, but it also finds that geography and race continue to play an important role in explaining patterns of deprivation.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 9524

Classification
Wirtschaft
Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
Regional and Urban History: Africa; Oceania
Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
Subject
poverty
deprivation
fuzzy sets
South Africa

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Burger, Ronelle
van der Berg, Servaas
van der Walt, Sarel
Yu, Derek
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(where)
Bonn
(when)
2015

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Burger, Ronelle
  • van der Berg, Servaas
  • van der Walt, Sarel
  • Yu, Derek
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Time of origin

  • 2015

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