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Growth of the middle class: Two perspectives that matter for policy

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Two very different pictures emerge when one compares income changes of the relatively affluent 'middle class' with those of households in the literal middle of the income spectrum. In the affluent middle there has been significant racial transformation and growth of the 'black middle class'. However, households in the actual middle of the income spectrum have experienced the lowest income growth of all groups since 1993. Both perspectives are crucial in the pursuit of a more equitable path of development and have important implications for policy design.

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  • Justin Visagie, 2015. "Growth of the middle class: Two perspectives that matter for policy," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 32(1), pages 3-24, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:deveza:v:32:y:2015:i:1:p:3-24
    DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2014.965387
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    1. Ronelle Burger & Camren McAravey & Servaas van der Berg, 2017. "The Capability Threshold: Re-examining the Definition of the Middle Class in an Unequal Developing Country," Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 18(1), pages 89-106, January.
    2. Schotte, Simone, 2017. "The Anxious and the Climbers: Ambivalent Attitudes towards Democracy among South Africa's Middle Class," GIGA Working Papers 304, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies.
    3. Ihsaan Bassier & Ingrid Woolard, 2021. "Exclusive Growth? Rapidly Increasing Top Incomes Amid Low National Growth in South Africa," South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa, vol. 89(2), pages 246-273, June.
    4. Delport, Marion & Louw, Marlene & Davids, Tracy & Vermeulen, Hester & Meyer, Ferdi, 2017. "Evaluating the demand for meat in South Africa: an econometric estimation of short term demand elasticities," Agrekon, Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa (AEASA), vol. 56(1), March.

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