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Wealth data quality in the National Income Dynamics Study Wave 2

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  • Reza C Daniels
  • Arden Finn
  • Sibongile Musundwa

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This paper examines the quality of data on household assets, liabilities and net worth in the South African National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS) Wave 2. The NIDS is the first nationally representative survey on household wealth in South Africa. The cross-sectionally weighted data are found to be fit for use in terms of the univariate distributions of net worth, assets and liabilities, but population totals are probably underestimated due to the presence of missing wealth data in Phase 2 of Wave 2 that is not taken into account in the weights. When compared with national accounts estimates of household net worth, there is an apparent inversion of the estimated totals of financial assets versus non-financial assets. Further research is required into why this is so. We find that the NIDS wealth module is a suitable instrument for the analysis of household wealth.

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  • Reza C Daniels & Arden Finn & Sibongile Musundwa, 2014. "Wealth data quality in the National Income Dynamics Study Wave 2," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 31(1), pages 31-50, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:deveza:v:31:y:2014:i:1:p:31-50
    DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2013.858308
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    1. Reza C. Daniels & Taryn Augustine, 2016. "The Measurement and Distribution of Household Wealth in South Africa using the National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS) Wave 4," SALDRU Working Papers 183, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town.
    2. Ohrnberger, Julius & Anselmi, Laura & Fichera, Eleonora & Sutton, Matt, 2020. "The effect of cash transfers on mental health: Opening the black box – A study from South Africa," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 260(C).
    3. Samson Mbewe & Ingrid Woolard, 2016. "Cross-Sectional Features of Wealth Inequality in South Africa: Evidence from the National Income Dynamics Study," SALDRU Working Papers 185, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town.
    4. von Fintel, Dieter & Orthofer, Anna, 2020. "Wealth inequality and financial inclusion: Evidence from South African tax and survey records," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 91(C), pages 568-578.
    5. Adel Bosch & Steven F. Koch, 2021. "Individual and Household Debt: Does Imputation Choice Matter?," Working Papers 202141, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics.

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