One of the most valuable features of Capital and Ideology is its concern to take history
seriously and consider how the emergence of different political and economic regimes relate …

South Africa is the most economically unequal country in the world. Moreover, research
shows that inequality has only risen since advent of multi‐party democracy in 1994. In this …

ABSTRACT [T] here is not one distribution of income but many: income is distributed across
racial groups, income classes, present and future generations, and so on. Moreover, a given …

South Africa's unemployment rate is one of the highest in the world, and it has important
distributional implications. The paper examines both entry into and duration of …

The paper argues that rural-based policies in Sub-Saharan Africa have the potential to
stimulate overall growth and reduce poverty because poverty is mainly a rural phenomenon …

The impressive improvements in health for the Swedish population during the last two and a
half centuries can be ascribed to many reasons. There has been a multifold of important …

Research on income distribution in South Africa has, for obvious reasons, focused on
interracial (inter-group) income distribution. Quite dramatic changes have occurred in …

This paper considers the impact of cash transfer programmes for the old in Brazil and South
Africa on poverty among households with older people. Using datasets collected specifically …

We analyse the long‐term trends in wage inequality in South Africa, using household survey
data. We show that the trends in household income inequality are largely driven by changes …

Background: High levels of wealth inequality with improved health statistics in South Africa
(SA) provide an important opportunity to investigate non-communicable diseases (NCDs) …