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The Effect of Transfers on Household Expenditure Patterns and Poverty in South Africa

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Maitra, P.
Ray, R.

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This paper uses household level unit record data from South Africa to examine the behavioural and welfare impacts of private and public transfers. The study also examines the effect of economies of household size on the incidence of poverty. The exercise is based on a three stage least squares procedure that aloows joint endogeneity of the resource variables along with the expenditure shares.

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Paper provided by Sydney - Department of Economics in its series Papers with number 99-16.

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Date of creation: 1999
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Keywords: POVERTY HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION

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I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
C32 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Time-Series Models

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