Wealth Inequality in South Africa, 1993–2017
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Abstract This article estimates the distribution of personal wealth in South Africa by combining microdata covering universe income tax returns, household surveys, and macroeconomic balance sheet statistics. is characterized unparalleled levels concentration. The top 10 percent own 86 aggregate 0.1 close to one-third. 0.01 (3,500 individuals) concentrate 15 net worth, more than bottom 90 as a whole. Such inequality can be accounted for all forms assets at end, including housing, pension funds, financial assets. There has been no sign decreasing since end apartheid.
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عنوان ژورنال: The World Bank Economic Review
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0258-6770', '1564-698X']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhab012