This paper compares the poverty rates of male-and female-headed households in Pakistan and, also, in South Africa. It ยฎnds that in South Africa, female-headed households are unconditionally poorer than the others. In Pakistan, however, this result holds only in the presence of economies of household
Household Budgets as a Social Indicator of Poverty and Inequality in South Africa
โ Scribed by Johan H. Martins
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 264 KB
- Volume
- 81
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0303-8300
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