Exploring the inequality of opportunities in South Africa

This paper constructs an Inequality of Opportunities framework for South Africa and seeks to establish whether earnings inequality therein has been driven by differing circumstances or variations in efforts. The analysis has been performed on a 2008 cross-sectional South African dataset, proxying for circumstances using years of parental education and for efforts using an individual's own education in years.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

School of Economics

Year dc:date.issued

2011

Author dc:creator

• Little, Megan

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Leibbrandt, Murray

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10965

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10965