Poverty and headship in post-apartheid South Africa, 1997-2008

No 288, Working Papers from Economic Research Southern Africa

Abstract: In this paper, I investigate the characteristics and poverty status of female- and male-headed households in South Africa using nationally representative household survey data from the October Household Surveys (1997 and 1999) and the General Household Surveys (2004 and 2008). These years (1997-2008) represent a period for which there is an extensive poverty literature documenting […]

Keywords: Discrimination; poverty; South Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-05-01
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