The study of inequality in South Africa presents something of a paradox. Post-apartheid
South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world in terms of income and wealth …

The econometric measurement of inequality and poverty in advanced capitalist economies
has been preoccupied with aggregate measures of relative deprivation, namely, the Gini …

A clear sign of the heightened interest in economic inequality was the surprising popularity
of Thomas Piketty's book, Capital in the Twenty‐First Century, presenting a dense synopsis …

Without the safety net of the various Northern welfare states, inequality in the global South is
not merely a socio-economic problem, but an existential threat to the social contract that …

Purpose An important Islamic imperative is prevention of concentration of wealth among a
few so that wealth circulates widely to enhance shared prosperity. In contemporary …

In this paper, we construct a multidimensional composite well-being measure for South
Africa at a micro-level. This allows us to compare the inequalities in well-being in 2008 and …

“As long as humanity is there, charity will be there.” This quote by my professor echoes in my
mind whenever I think about different types of business models. Broadly, business models …

This chapter delves into the complex relationship between education and inequality,
distinguishing between traditional and contemporary approaches in economic theory, while …

In the present dissertation, social stratification in colonial Sierra Leone is discussed, with the
aim of providing novel evidence on the association between ideals, institutions and …

This chapter focuses on urban-rural inequality. It begins by examining the seminal works of
Simon Kuznets (1955) and Arthur Lewis (1954) as a framework for understanding the rural …