The Department of Social Development (DSD) launched a modelling report on basic income support in South Africa on Tuesday.
Empirical work on the issue of transfers is very important for informing public debate on the policy options for addressing poverty, inequality and unemployment.
However, there are several aspects of the study that limit its usefulness in informing this discussion. ALSO READ: Leaked documents show how government wants to tackle unemployment ‘Meaningfully higher expenditure over the long term’ Models of the type used in that study have a major shortcoming: they cannot assess the long-term implications of policy changes or incorporate the […]
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