A Partial General Equilibrium Analysis Of Fiscal Policy Injection On Poverty And Inequality In South Africa 

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The simulation results reveal that expansionary fiscal policy i) benefits rich ‘white’ households the most and poor ‘coloured’ households the least ii) improves adult employment more than youth employment iii) improves employment in urban areas as proposed to employment in rural areas iv) has a very small effect on improving economic growth and reducing the Gini coefficient v) benefits ‘well-off’ households more than it does ‘poor’ households vi) promotes ‘low-skilled’ employment more than it does for ‘high-skilled’ labourers. Associated policy implications based on our findings are also discussed. Agricultural Economics & Policy Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) New Development Plan (NDP) Inequality Poverty Employment South Africa Full-text Due to technical limitations, full-text HTML conversion of this manuscript could not be completed. However, the manuscript can be downloaded and accessed as a PDF. 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