Books and book chapters
2016
Schiel, R., Leibbrandt, M. & Lam, D. (2016) Assessing the impact of social grants on inequality: A South African case study in Besley. T. (Ed) Contempory Issues in Development Economics, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
Leibbrandt, M. (2016) Why focus on subjective-wellbeing inequality? Comments on “Inequality of Happiness: Evidence of the Compression of the Subjective Well-being Distribution in Economic Growth" in Inequality and Growth: Patterns and Policy, Volume I: Concepts and Analysis
Leibbrandt, M., Finn, A. & Oosthuizen, M. (2016) Poverty, inequality, and prices in post-apartheid South Africa in Arndt, C., McKay, A. & Tarp, F. (Eds) Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa, Oxford University Press.
2015
De Lannoy, A., Leibbrandt, M. & Frame, E. (2015) A focus on youth: An opportunity to disrupt the intergenerational transmission of poverty in De Lannoy A., Swartz S., Lake L. & Smith C. (Eds) South African Child Gauge 2015. Cape Town, South Africa: Children's Institute, University of Cape Town.
2014
Mlatsheni, C. & Leibbrandt, M. (2014) Unemployment in South Africa, in Bhorat, H., Hirsch, A., Kanbur, R. & Ncube, M. (Eds.), The Oxford Companion to the Economics of South Africa. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Finn, A., Leibbrandt, M & Ranchhod, V. (2014). Post-apartheid poverty and inequality trends, in Bhorat, H., Hirsch, A., Kanbur, R. & Ncube, M. (Eds.). The Oxford Companion to the Economics of South Africa. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Abel, M., Blair, M., Fabregas, R., Gumede, K. & Leibbrandt, M. (2014). South Africa, in Hino, H. & Ranis, G. (Eds), Youth and employment in sub-Saharan Africa. London: Routledge.
2013
Leibbrandt, M. Finn, A. & Woolard, I. (2013) Post-Apartheid Changes in South African Inequality , in Gornick, J. & Jantti, M. (Eds), Income Inequality -- Economic Disparities and the Middle Class in Affluent Countries, Stanford University Press.
2011
Finn, A, Leibbrandt, M. & Wegner, E. (2011) Policies for Reducing Income Inequality and Poverty in South Africa, Chapter 4 in Hofmeyr, J. (Ed.) From Inequality to Inclusive Growth: 2011 Transformation Audit. Cape Town: Institute for Justice and Reconciliation. ISBN:978-1-920219-35-2.
Previous version:
Finn, A, Leibbrandt, M. & Wegner, E. (2011) Policies for Reducing Income Inequality and Poverty in South Africa, SALDRU Working Paper #64.
2010
Leibbrandt, M., Woolard, I., McEwan, H. & Koep, C. (2010) Better Employment to Reduce Inequality Further in South Africa, Chapter 5 in OECD, Tackling Inequalities in Brazil, India, China and South Africa: the Role of Labour Market and Social Policies. OECD Publishing.
2009
Branson, N., Leibbrandt, M. & Zuze, T.L. (2009) What are the returns of tertiary education and who benefits? in Cloete (Ed.), Responding to the educational needs of post-school youth, Wynberg: Centre for Higher Education Development.
Leibbrandt, M. & Mlatsheni, C. (2009) Youth in Sub-Saharan Labour Markets, Chapter 9 in Seck, D. and Busari, D. (Eds.) Growth and Development in Africa. New Jersey: Africa World Press. ISBN: 1592216854
Woolard, I., Leibbrandt, M. & McEwan, H. (2009) The persistence of high income inequality in South Africa: Some recent evidence in Hofmeyr, J (Ed.) Recession and Recovery: 2009 Transformation Audit. Wynberg: Institute for Justice and Reconciliation.
Lam, D., Leibbrandt, M. & Mlatsheni, C. (2009) Education and Youth Unemployment in South Africa in Kanbur, R and Svejnar, J. (Eds). Labour Markets and Economic Development, New York: Routledge.
Previous version:
Lam, D., Leibbrandt, M. & Mlatsheni, C. (2009) Education and Youth Unemployment in South Africa, SALDRU Working Paper #22.
Leibbrandt, M., Woolard, I. & Woolard, C. (2009) Poverty and Inequality Dynamics in South Africa: Post-apartheid Developments in the Light of the Long-Run Legacy, Chapter 10 in Aron, J., Kahn, B. and Kingdon, G. (Eds.) South African Economic Policy under Democracy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2008
Leibbrandt, M. & Mlatsheni, C. (2008) Simulating the employment prospects of rural migrants in an urban setting: What can we learn from survey data? in Migrants’ Experiences within the South African Labour Market, Voyage Ensemble - Special Issue, Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town. ISBN: 978-0-620-42214-7.
2006
Leibbrandt, M., Poswell., L., Naidoo, P. & Welch, M. (2006) Measuring Recent Changes in South African Inequality and Poverty Using 1996 and 2001 Census Data, Chapter 3 in Bhorat, H. and Kanbur, R. Poverty and Policy in Post-Apartheid South Africa. Pretoria: HSRC Press.
A shortened version was published as “Changes in Inequality and Poverty” New Agenda, 23, Third Quarter (2006): 20-26.
Lam, D., Leibbrandt, M. & Ranchhod, V. (2006) Labour Force Withdrawal of the Elderly in South Africa, Chapter 7 in Cohen, B. Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa: Recommendations for Furthering Research. Washington: National Academy of Sciences.
2004
Leibbrandt, M., Naidoo, P., Poswell, L., Welch, M. & Woolard, I. (2004) South African Poverty and Inequality: Measuring the Changes in Brown, S and Folscher, A., (Eds) Taking Power in the Economy: Gains and Directions, Cape Town: Institute for Justice and Reconciliation.
2001
Fighting Poverty: Labour Markets and Inequality in South Africa (2001) University of Cape Town Press. ISBN: 191971362X.
This book is the output of the two year project funded by the African Economic Research Consortium and the South African Department of Labour. I was the project leader and co-authored 6 of the 9 Chapters:
Introduction, pages 1-20. (Co-author with Servaas van der Berg and Haroon Bhorat).
Understanding Contemporary Household Inequality in South Africa, pages 21-40. (Co-author with Ingrid Woolard and Haroon Bhorat).
Measuring Poverty in South Africa, pages 41-73. (Co-author with Ingrid Woolard).
Correlates of Vulnerability in the South African Labour Market, pages 74-107. (Co-author with Haroon Bhorat).
Modelling Vulnerability in the South African Labour Market, pages 107-29. (Co-author with Haroon Bhorat).
Household Incomes, Poverty and Inequality in a Multivariate Framework, pages 130-54. (Co-author with Ingrid Woolard).
2000
Bhorat, H., Leibbrandt, M. & Woolard, I. (2000) Towards an Understanding of South Africa's Inequality in Elbadawi, I and T. Hartzenberg (Eds) Transitional and Long-Term Development Issues in South Africa. London: Macmillan.
Leibbrandt, M. (2000) Poverty and the Labour Market in May, J (Ed.) Poverty and Inequality in South Africa: Meeting the Challenge. Cape Town: David Philip.
1996
Bhorat, H. & Leibbrandt, M. (1996) Understanding Unemployment in Baskin (Ed.) Against the Current: Labour and Economic Policy In South Africa. Johannesburg: Ravan Press.
1993
Leibbrandt, M., Wright, T. & Bell, T. (1993) Productivity Growth in the South African Manufacturing Sector: Deriving and Assessing Neoclassical TFP Measures in Kruger, K. (Ed.) Industrial Policy and Development in South Africa. Sandton: Industrial Development Corporation.
1991
de Wet, C. & Leibbrandt, M. (1991) Land Reform and Regional Economy: A Ciskeian Case Study in Matlhape S and A Munz (Eds.) Towards a New Agrarian Democratic Order. Amsterdam: SAERT Project.
1989
Black, P. & Leibbrandt, M. (1989) The Phillips Trade ‑ Off and Policy Implications for Developing Countries in Black P. and B. Dollery (Eds.) Leading Issues in South African Macroeconomics. Johannesburg: Southern Book Publishers. (Co‑author with P. Black).