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Snakes and ladders and loaded dice: Poverty dynamics and inequality in South Africa between 2008 and 2017
Author(s) -
Schotte Simone,
Zizzamia Rocco,
Leibbrandt Murray
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
south african journal of economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.502
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1813-6982
pISSN - 0038-2280
DOI - 10.1111/saje.12308
Subject(s) - poverty , vulnerability (computing) , inequality , welfare , dynamics (music) , dice , panel study of income dynamics , development economics , population , demographic economics , economics , geography , economic geography , socioeconomics , economic growth , sociology , demography , statistics , mathematics , computer science , market economy , mathematical analysis , pedagogy , computer security
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.