The Political Economy of wealth inequality in the global South - A case study of South Africa.

这项研究旨在了解全球南方财富不平等的政治经济学。最近的经验研究表明，财富不平等高度集中，是其他领域不平等的有力指标，而且由于它是遗传和传承的，进一步加剧了贫富差距。由于财富是跨期的，导致财富不平等的进程是通过特定于全球南方的社会、历史和政治进程形成的。对财富不平等的分析是理解经济不平等的持久本质的核心。要做到这一点，我会问：i)精英积累财富的途径是什么？ii)经济政策是如何影响不同类型的财富精英的？3)不同类型的财富精英对经济政策的形式有何影响？我将创建一个数据库，将精英的特征与他们拥有资产的经济数据以及相关政策联系起来，并将实证分析它们之间的关系及其对财富分配的影响。南非是世界上最不平等的社会之一，自民主以来几乎没有什么变化，为研究这些动态提供了一个信息丰富的环境。精英阶层(不同派别和种族)和财富积累途径在国家内部存在相当大的差异，这将使人们能够分析加强或削弱不平等资产所有权的因素。

The research aims to understand the political economy of wealth inequality in the global South. Recent empirical work shows that wealth inequality is highly concentrated, isa strong indicator of inequality in other spheres, and since it is inherited and passed on, further exacerbates wealth disparities. As wealth is intertemporal, the processes that lead to wealth inequality are shaped through social, historical and political processes, specific to the global South. An analysis of wealth inequality is central to understanding the persistent nature of economic inequality. To do this, I will ask: i) What are the pathways to accumulate wealth for elites?ii) How have economic policies affected the different 'types' of wealth elites? iii) How have different 'types' of wealth elites influenced the form of economic policies? I will create a database linking the characteristics of elites to economic data on their ownership of assets, and relevant policies, and will empirically analyse their relationships and in fluence on the wealth distribution. South Africa provides an informative setting to study these dynamics, being one of the most unequal societies in the world, with little change since democracy. There is considerable variation within country of elites (different factions and ethnicities), and routes of wealth accumulation, that will allow analysis of factors thatstrengthen or weaken unequal asset ownership.