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Snakes and ladders and loaded dice: Poverty dynamics and inequality in South Africa between 2008 and 2017
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Abstract Longitudinal surveys allow us to understand how markers of (dis)advantage determine present material welfare and economic upward or downward mobility over time. In this paper, we use five waves of panel data to empirically assess the extent and dynamics of poverty in South Africa between 2008 and 20... view more
Longitudinal surveys allow us to understand how markers of (dis)advantage determine present material welfare and economic upward or downward mobility over time. In this paper, we use five waves of panel data to empirically assess the extent and dynamics of poverty in South Africa between 2008 and 2017. Investigating the correlates of poverty entries and exits, we analyse how multidimensional inequalities in terms of household- and individual-level characteristics relate to these dynamics and identify markers of vulnerability. We utilise these markers to classify the South African population into five strata characterised by their present and future risk to poverty.... view less
Keywords
Republic of South Africa; poverty; socioeconomic development; social inequality; ethnic origin; discrimination; geographical factors; vulnerability; middle class; social mobility; social decline; social advancement
Classification
Sociology of Developing Countries, Developmental Sociology
Free Keywords
Ethnische Schichtung; Soziale Diskriminierung; Privilegierte Gruppe; National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS), wave 1-5, 2008-2017
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 214-242
Journal
South African Journal of Economics, 90 (2022) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/saje.12308
ISSN
1813-6982
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0