Journal articles
Earlier version as SALDRU Working Paper No. 157. Cape Town: SALDRU, 2015.
Leibbrandt, M. & Levinsohn, J. (2016). Fifteen Years On: Household Incomes in South Africa, In Edwards, S., Johnson, S. & Weil, D. (Eds.). African Successes: Government and Institutions. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Earlier version as NBER Working Paper, No. 16661, Cambridge, January, 2011.
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 (pp.393-417). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Earlier Version as WIDER Working Paper 2014/127, October, 2014.
Ebrahim, A., Leibbrandt, M. & Woolard, I (2016). Strategies Of The Unemployed In South Africa: Does Moving Allow The Unemployed To Get Ahead?, Africanus: Journal of Development Studies, 46(1): 52–75.
2018
Lilenstein, K., Woolard, I. & Leibbrandt, M (2018). In-Work Poverty in South Africa: The Impact of Income Sharing in the Presence of High Unemployment (Ch. 23) in Marx, I. & Henning, L. (eds.). Handbook of Research on In-Work Poverty.
Earlier version as SALDRU Working Paper Number 193 (2016). Cape Town: SALDRU, 2016.
2017
Shifa, M. & Leibbrandt, M (2017). Relative Economic Position and Subjective Well-Being in a Poor Society: Does Relative Position Indicator Matter?, Social Indicators Research (pp.1–20).
Shifa, M. & Leibbrandt, M (2017). Urban Poverty and Inequality in Kenya, Urban Forum, 1–23.
Wittenberg, M & Leibbrandt, M (2017). Measuring inequality by asset indices: A general approach with application to South Africa, Review of Income and Wealth, (pp.1–25).
Earlier version as SALDRU Working Paper No. 141 (2015). Cape Town: SALDRU, 2015.
2016
Leibbrandt, M., Reinhard, S., & Lam, D. (2016) Assessing the Impact of Social Grants on Inequality: A South African Case Study in Besley, T (Ed.) Contemporary Issues in Development Economics (pp.112-135). New York: Palgrave MacMillan. ISBN: 978-1-137-57944-7
Leibbrandt, M. (2016). Why focus on Subjective-Wellbeing Inequality? Comments on Inequality of Happiness: Evidence of the Compression of the Subjective Wellbeing Distribution in Economic Growth in Basu, K. & Stiglitz, J. (Eds.) Inequality and Growth: Patterns and Policy (Volume 1) (pp.246-249). New York: Palgrave MacMillan. 978-1-137-55453-6.
2015
De Lannoy, A., Frame, E. & Leibbrandt, M. (2015). A focus on youth: Anopportunity to disrupt the intergenerational transmission of poverty”. Chapter 1 in De Lannoy A., Swartz S, Lake L., and Smith C. (Eds) (2015) South African Child Gauge 2015. Pages 24-35. Cape Town: Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town. ISBN: 978-0-7992-2525-9
Branson, N, Ardington, C. & Leibbrandt, M. (2014). Health outcomes for children born to teen mothers in Cape Town, South Africa, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 63(3): 551-558.
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Branson, N, Ardington, C. & Leibbrandt, M. (2011). Health outcomes for children born to teen mothers in Cape Town, South Africa, SALDRU Working Paper #55.
2014
Cichello, P., Leibbrandt, M. & Woolard, I. (2014). Winners and losers: South African labour market dynamics between 2008 and 2010, Development Southern Africa 31(1): 65-84.
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Cichello, P., Leibbrandt, M. & Woolard, I. (2012). Labour market: Analysis of the NIDS wave 1 and 2 datasets, SALDRU Working Paper #78.
Finn, A., Leibbrandt, M. & Levinsohn, J. (2014). Income mobility in a high-inequality society: Evidence from the first two waves of NIDS, Development Southern Africa. 31(1): 16-30.
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Finn, A., Leibbrandt, M. & Levinsohn, J. (2014). Income mobility in a high-inequality society: Evidence from the first two waves of NIDS, SALDRU Working Paper #82.
Grieger, L., Williamson, A., Leibbrandt, M. & Levinsohn, J. (2014). Evidence of short-term household change in South Africa from the National Income Dynamics Study, Development Southern Africa, 31(1): 146-167.
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Grieger, L., Williamson, A., Leibbrandt, M. & Levinsohn, J. (2013). Moving out and moving in: Evidence of short-term household change in South Africa from the National Income Dynamics Study, SALDRU Working Paper #106.
Lloyd, N. & Leibbrandt, M. (2014). New evidence on subjective well-being and the definition of unemployment in South Africa, Development Southern Africa, 31(1): 85-105.
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Lloyd, N. & Leibbrandt, M. (2013). New evidence on subjective well-being and the definition of unemployment in South Africa, SALDRU Working Paper #94.
McLaren, Z., Ardington, C. & Leibbrandt, M. (2014). Distance decay and persistent health care disparities in South Africa, BMC Health Services Research, 14(1): 541-550.
Woolard, I.; Leibbrandt, M. & Daniels, R.C. (2014). Getting ahead or falling behind: Findings from the second wave of the National Income Dynamics Study, Development Southern Africa 31(1): 1-15.
2013
Keswell, M., Girdwood, S. & Leibbrandt, M. (2013). Educational inheritance and the distribution of occupations: Evidence from South Africa, Review of Income and Wealth, Series 59:S111-S137, October.
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Keswell, M., Girdwood, S. & Leibbrandt, M. (2011). Educational inheritance and the distribution of occupations: Evidence from South Africa, SALDRU Working Paper #74 .
Leibbrandt, M. & Woolard, I. (2013). Social programs and Transfers: Are we learning?, Proceedings from 2010 Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics, Global. pp 363-84.
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Leibbrandt, M. & Woolard, I. (2010). The evolution and impact of unconditional cash transfers in South Africa, SALDRU Working Paper #51.
2012
Leibbrandt, M., Finn, A. & Woolard, I. (2012). Describing and decomposing post-apartheid income inequality in South Africa,Development Southern Africa 29(1): 19-34 .
Pauw, K. & Leibbrandt, M. (2012). Minimum wages and household poverty: General equilibrium macro–micro simulations for South Africa, World Development, Elsevier, 40(4): 771-783.
2011
Ardington, C., Branson, N., Lam, D. & Leibbrandt, M. (2011) Explaining the persistence of racial gaps in schooling in South Africa, African Population Studies, 25(2): 509-542.
Ichoku, H., Fonta, W.M., Leibbrandt, M. (2011) Can out-of-pocket health financing be fair? Empirical evidence from Nigeria, Asian-African Journal of Economics and Econometrics, 11(1): 163-185.
Lam, D., Ardington, C. & Leibbrandt, M. (2011). Schooling as a lottery: Racial differences in school advancement in urban South Africa, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, 95(2): 121-136.
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Lam, D., Ardington, C. & Leibbrandt, M. (2007). Schooling as a lottery: Racial differences in school advancement in urban South Africa, SALDRU Working Paper #18.
Leibbrandt, M. (2011) Labour market restructuring and South Africa’s rural ‘homeland’ communities in the 1980s, Economic History of Developing Areas, 26(1): 100-118.
Mlatsheni, C. & Leibbrandt, M. (2011) Youth unemployment in South Africa: Challenges, concepts and opportunities, Journal of International Relations and Development, 14: 118–126.
Zuze, T.L. & Leibbrandt, M. (2011) Free education and social inequality in Ugandan primary schools: A step backward or a step in the right direction?, International Journal of Educational Development, 31: 169-178.
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Zuze, T.L. & Leibbrandt, M. (2009) UPE and social inequality in Ugandan primary schools: A step backward or a step in the right direction?, SALDRU Working Paper #37.
2010
Ardington, C., Case, A., Islam, M., Lam, D. Leibbrandt, M., Menendez, A. & Olgiati, A. (2010) The impact of AIDS on intergenerational support in South Africa: Evidence from the Cape Area Panel Study, Research on Aging, 32(1): 97-121.
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Ardington, C., Case, A., Islam, M., Lam, D. Leibbrandt, M., Menendez, A. & Olgiati, A. (2009) The impact of AIDS on intergenerational support in South Africa: Evidence from the Cape Area Panel Study, SALDRU Working Paper #27.
Ardington, C. & Leibbrandt, M. (2010). Orphanhood and schooling in South Africa: Trends in the vulnerability of orphans between 1993 and 2005, Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, 58(3): 507-536.
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Ardington, C. (2008). Orphanhood and schooling in South Africa: Trends in the vulnerability of orphans between 1993 and 2005, SALDRU Working Paper #16.
Leibbrandt, M., Finn, A., Argent, J. & Woolard, I. (2010). Changes in income poverty over the post-apartheid period: An analysis based on data from the 1993 Project for Statistics on Living Standards and Development and the 2008 base wave of the National Income Dynamics Study, Studies in Economics and Econometrics 34(3): 25-43.
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Leibbrandt, M., Finn, A., Argent, J. & Woolard, I. (2009) Poverty: Analysis of the NIDS wave 1 data set, NIDS Discussion Paper #13.
Leibbrandt, M., Levinsohn, J. & McCrary, J. (2010). Incomes in South Africa after the fall of apartheid, Journal of Globalization and Development, De Gruyter, 1(1): 1-62.
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Leibbrandt, M, Levinsohn, J. & McCrary, J. (2005) Incomes in South Africa after the fall of apartheid, National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper #11384.
Leibbrandt, M., Ranchhod, V. & Woolard, I. (2010) Introduction to the Special Edition on the South African National Income Dynamics Study, Studies in Economics and Econometrics, 34(3): 1-5.
Woolard, I., Leibbrandt, M. & de Villiers, L. (2010). The South African National Income Dynamics Study: Design and methodological issues, Studies in Economics and Econometrics 34 (3): 7-24.
2008
Dinkelman, T., Lam, D., & Leibbrandt, M. (2008) Linking Poverty and Income Shocks to Risky Sexual Behaviour: Evidence from a Panel Study of Young Adults in Cape Town, South African Journal of Economics, 76(S1): S52-S74.
Naidoo, N., Leibbrandt, M. & Dorrington, R. (2008) Magnitudes, Personal Characteristics and Activities of Eastern Cape Migrants: A Comparison with Other Migrants and with Non-migrants Using Data from the 1996 and 2001 Censuses, South African Journal of Demography, 11(1):3-38.
2007
Collins, D.L. & Leibbrandt, M. (2007) The Financial Impact of HIV/AIDS in Poor Households in South Africa, AIDS, 21 (Supplement 7): S75-S82.
Dinkelman, T., Lam, D. & Leibbrandt, M. (2007) Household and Community Income, Economic Shocks and Risky Sexual Behaviour: Evidence from the Cape Area Panel Study 2002 and 2005, AIDS, 21(Supplement 7): S49-S58.
Pauw, K., Edwards, L. & Leibbrandt, M. (2007) Trade-Induced Employment Changes: Promising or Problematic for Poor Households in South Africa?, Studies in Economics and Econometrics, 31(2):89-108.
2006
Ardington, C., Lam, D., Leibbrandt, M. & Welch, M. (2006). The sensitivity to key data imputations of recent estimates of income poverty and inequality in South Africa, Economic Modelling, Elsevier, 23(5): 822-835.
Fedderke, J. & Leibbrandt, M. (2006). Ninth Annual Conference on Econometric Modelling for Africa, School of Economics, University of Cape Town, 2004, Economic Modelling, Elsevier, 23(5): 737-737.
Volker, S. & Leibbrandt, M. (2006). Determinants of job search strategies: Evidence from the Khayelitsha/Mitchell's Plain Survey, South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa, 74(4): 702-724.
2005
Burns, J., Keswell, M. & Leibbrandt, M. (2005). Social assistance, gender, and the aged in South Africa, Feminist Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, 11(2): 103-115.
Cichello, P.L., Fields, G. & Leibbrandt, M. (2005). Earnings and employment dynamics for Africans in post-apartheid South Africa: A panel study of KwaZulu-Natal, Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), 14(2): 143-190.
2004
Ardington, C., Lam, D., Leibbrandt, M. & Levinsohn, J. (2004). Savings, insurance and debt over the post-apartheid period: A review of recent research, South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa, 72(3): 604-640.
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Ardington, C., Lam, D., Leibbrandt, M. & Levinsohn, J. (2004). Savings, insurance and debt over the post-apartheid period: A review of recent research, SALDRU/CSSR Working Papers #65.
2003
Ichoku, H.E. & Leibbrandt, M. (2003). Demand for healthcare services in Nigeria: A multivariate nested logit model, African Development Review, African Development Bank, 15(2-3): 396-424.
2002
Leibbrandt, M., Klasen, S. & Woolard, I. (2002). Income Mobility and Household Dynamics in South Africa: the Case of Africans in KwaZulu-Natal, Labour Markets and Social Frontiers 2: 5-11 .
2001
Cichello, P., Fields, G. & Leibbrandt, M. (2001) Are African Workers Getting Ahead in the New South Africa? Evidence from Kwazulu-Natal, 1993-1998, Social Dynamics, 27(1).
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Cichello, P., Fields, G. & Leibbrandt, M. (2001), Final Report for Project Commissioned by the South African Treasury.
Leibbrandt, M., Bhorat, H. & Woolard, I. (2001). Household inequality and the labour market in South Africa, Contemporary Economic Policy, 19(1): 73-86.
Leibbrandt, M. & Woolard, I. (2001). The labour market and household income inequality in South Africa: Existing evidence and new panel data, Journal of International Development 13: 671-689.
2000
Leibbrandt, M., Bhorat, H. & Woolard, I. (2000). Understanding contemporary household inequality in South Africa, Studies in Economics and Econometrics 24(3): 31-52.
Leibbrandt, M. & Nattrass, N. (2000) Introduction to Special Edition, Studies in Economics and Econometrics, 24(3): 1-6. (Professor Nattrass and I were guest editors of this edition of Studies in Economics and Econometrics.)
Leibbrandt, M., Woolard, C. & Woolard, I. (2000). The contribution of income components to income inequality in the former homelands of South Africa: A decomposable gini analysis, Journal of African Economies 9(1): 79-99.
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Leibbrandt, M. Woolard, C. & Woolard, I. (1996) The Contribution of Income Components to South African Income Inequality: A Decomposable Gini Analysis". Living Standards Measurement Study, Working Paper #125.
1999
Leibbrandt, M. & Woolard, I. (1999). A comparison of poverty in South Africa’s nine provinces, Development Southern Africa, 16(1): 37-54.
1998
Bhorat, H. & Leibbrandt M. (1998) Poverty and self-employment in South Africa, Studies in Economics and Econometrics, 22(3): 25-41.
Edwards, L. & Leibbrandt, M. (1998) The Impact of the Marketing of Agricultural Products Bill, 1996: Restructuring within the Wheat Industry, Agrekon: September.
1995
Leibbrandt, M. (1995) Review of M. Neocosmos "The Agrarian Question in Southern Africa and Accumulation from Below", Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 13(1): 129-133.
1994
de Wet, C. & Leibbrandt, M (1994) Separate Development: The Differential Impact of Homeland Policy on Two Rural Ciskeian Villages, Development Southern Africa, 11(2): 159-176.
1990
Leibbrandt, M. (1990) Commercial Services and Rural-Urban Linkages, Reality: January.
de Wet, C. & Leibbrandt, M. (1990) Geographical Location, Access to Services and Employment, and Economic Well-Being in two Rural Ciskei Villages, Reality: January.
1989
Leibbrandt, M. (1989) The Present and the Future in South Africa's Rural Areas, Reality: May.
1988
"Income and Wealth in a Ciskeian Village: A Comparison over Forty Years". In Development the Human Challenge. 396-422. Refereed conference proceedings of the Development Society of Southern Africa's Biennial Conference.
1987
Dolleryand, B. & Leibbrandt, M. (1987). On the welfare and employment effects of economic sanctions: Comment, South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa, 55(3): 193-195.
Leibbrandt, M. (1987). Notes and comments: Rethinking socialist economics, South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa, 55(3): 188-192.
Leibbrandt, M. (1987) Rethinking Socialist Economics (Review Note), South African Journal of Economics. 55(3).
1986
Leibbrandt, M. (1986) Review of R. Wolff "Understanding Marx: A Reconstruction and Critique of Capital". South African Journal of Economics. 54(4).