Some Data Suggestions

[NadiaMatulich]

Hi all

Some additional data sources to consider (I haven't used many of these since I was a MCom student, but they are the 'go to' sources)

NIDS- National Income Dynamics Survey. Really great panel for micro-type survey data to calibrate consumption equations. http://www.nids.uct.ac.za/nids-data/data-access

QLFS and QES- Quarterly Labour Force Statistics and Quarterly Employment Statistics available from Stats SA. Available on http://nesstar.statssa.gov.za:8282/webview/ with a few more survey data sources you may be interested in (Tourism, live births, etc).

Education data: PIRLS and TIMSS https://www.iea.nl/studies/iea/pirls. (perhaps not so relevant)

Income and Expenditure Survey (IES): Should be on nesstar as above

Quarterly Bulletin is super detailed, available on EconData and once you know what code is which, its easy to pull and my all time favourite publication. It includes a lot of information derived from other sources too. https://www.resbank.co.za/en/home/publications/publication-detail-pages/quarterly-bulletins/quarterly-bulletin-publications/2024/FullQuarterlyBulletinNo312June2024 .

Give me a shout, happy to assist online and/in November.

[rickecon]

Thank you, @NadiaMatulich. These references are extremely helpful. Thanks for your participation the last two days.

[rickecon]

Here is a new paper estimating income inequality in South Africa using administrative tax data.

Jacobs, Chandré, Amina Ebrahim, Murray Leibbrandt, Jukka Pirttilä and Marlies Piek, "Income inequality in South Africa: Evidence from individual-level administrative tax data," No wp-2024-55, WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) (September 2024). https://www.wider.unu.edu/sites/default/files/Publications/Working-paper/PDF/wp2024-55-income-inequality-South-Africa-evidence-individual-level-administrative-tax-data.pdf

cc: @jdebacker @SeaCelo