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Murray Leibbrandt is a professor in the School of Economics at the University of Cape Town and the director of Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU). He holds the DSD/NRF National Research Chair of Poverty and Inequality Research and is an IZA Research Fellow. His research focuses on South African poverty‚ inequality and labour market dynamics using survey data and‚ in particular‚ panel data. He is currently one of the principal investigators on the National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS). He is a past president of the African Econometric Society and immediate past president of the Economic Society of South Africa.
Education
- PhD, University of Notre Dame, 1993
- MA, University of Notre Dame, 1986
- Bachelor's in Economics, Rhodes University, South Africa, 1983
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Books
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.
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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.
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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).
Journal articles
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).