Social welfare policies and child poverty in South Africa: a microsimulation model on the child support grant

Philosophiae Doctor - PhD === The study assessed the extent of child poverty in South Africa using five different policy scenarios, and modelled the impact on poverty and inequalities of people living in households with children using the Foster-Greer-Thorbecke (FGT) index of poverty measurement, in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dinbabo, Mulugeta Fitamo
Other Authors: Le Roux, Pieter
Language:en
Published: University of the Western Cape 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11394/1785