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Challenging Cassandra: Household and Per Capita Household Income Distribution in the October Household Surveys 1995-1999, Income and Expenditure Surveys 1995 & 2000, and the Labour Force Survey 2000

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  • Farah Pirouz
  • Jeenesh Manga
  • Johannes W. Fedderke

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This paper examines household income inequality in the South African October Household Survey datasets between 1995 and 1999, the Labour Force Survey 2000, and the Income and Expenditure Surveys 1995 and 2000. The paper reflects both on changing patterns of income inequality in South Africa, and on the quality and comparability of the data employed. […]

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  • Farah Pirouz & Jeenesh Manga & Johannes W. Fedderke, 2004. "Challenging Cassandra: Household and Per Capita Household Income Distribution in the October Household Surveys 1995-1999, Income and Expenditure Surveys 1995 & 2000, and the Labour Force Survey 2000," Working Papers 013, Economic Research Southern Africa.
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    1. Warren M. Persons, 1909. "The Variability in the Distribution of Wealth and Income," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 23(3), pages 416-449.
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