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CEEG Seminar Series: The role of mobile money in reducing economic inequality in MozambiqueOn Wednesday 10 August 2022, Moisés Siúta, PhD candidate at the University of Cape Town, will present his recent study on the role of mobile money in reducing economic inequality in Mozambique. The seminar is part of the CEEG Seminar...
Journal Article
Snakes and ladders and loaded dice: Poverty dynamics and inequality in South Africa between 2008 and 2017Longitudinal surveys allow us to understand how markers of (dis)advantage determine present material welfare and economic upward or downward mobility over time...
Economic inequality Poverty Dynamics Social stratificationPolicy Brief
Six sets of policy actions to promote social mobilityPromoting social mobility is an essential task of development, and a multi-faceted one. Precarious livelihoods are widespread. Containing downward mobility is an important precondition for sustaining upward mobility...
Social mobility Poverty InequalityBook Chapter
Exploring concepts of social mobilityFrom the book: Social mobility in developing countries
Social mobility Economic mobility MacromobilityWorking Paper
Concepts of social mobilityThis paper has two purposes. The first is to define clearly different social mobility concepts and components. The second is to embed these concepts and components into a larger context of social mobility research...
Social mobility Economic mobility MacromobilityResearch Brief
A game of snakes and ladders with loaded dice: Socioeconomic class and poverty in South AfricaSouth Africa is often cited as the most unequal economy in the world...
Economic inequality Poverty Dynamics Social stratificationWorking Paper
Snakes and ladders and loaded dice: Poverty dynamics and inequality in South Africa, 2008–2017Longitudinal surveys can give insight into economic mobility, which allows us to understand how markers of (dis)advantage are consequential in determining material conditions in the present, and how these markers structure economic opportunity over t...
Economic inequality Poverty Dynamics Social stratification