Rocco Zizzamia
Biographic Data
| ID | 4261419 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rocco Zizzamia |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rocco |
| FAMILY NAME | Zizzamia |
| SIGNATURE | ZIZZAMIA R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cape Town |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6771-5583 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 52 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The livelihood impacts of Covid-19 in urban South Africa
This paper investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and related policy measures on livelihoods in urban South Africa. Using qualitative research methods, we analyse two rounds of semi-structured phone interviews, conducted between June and September 2020 in the township of Khayelitsha, Cape Town. We contextualise these by presenting a snapshot of the nationwide dynamics using quantitative panel data. Our findings describe how the shock of…
Locked down and locked out
Is employment a panacea for poverty? A mixed-methods investigation of employment decisions in South Africa
Snakes and ladders and loaded dice
Longitudinal surveys can give insight into economic mobility, which allows us to understand how markers of (dis)advantage are consequential in determining material conditions in the present, and how these markers structure economic opportunity over time. In this paper we show that this dynamic element—the risk of falling into (deeper) poverty and the chances of moving up—looms large in the economic lives of both the poor and the non-poor in South…
A poverty dynamics approach to social stratification
The wave of upbeat stories on the developing world's emerging middle class has reinvigorated a debate on how social class in general and the middle class in particular ought to be defined and measured. In the economics literature, most scholars agree that being middle class entails being free from poverty, which means being able to afford the basic things in life - not only today, but also tomorrow. In consequence, there is an increasing tendency…
A poverty dynamics approach to social stratification
The wave of upbeat stories on the developing world's emerging middle class has reinvigorated a debate on how social class in general and the middle class in particular ought to be defined and measured. In the economics literature, most scholars agree that being middle class entails being free from poverty, which means being able to afford the basic things in life - not only today, but also tomorrow. In consequence, there is an increasing tendency…
The livelihood impacts of Covid-19 in urban South Africa
This paper investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and related policy measures on livelihoods in urban South Africa. Using qualitative research methods, we analyse two rounds of semi-structured phone interviews, conducted between June and September 2020 in the township of Khayelitsha, Cape Town. We contextualise these by presenting a snapshot of the nationwide dynamics using quantitative panel data. Our findings describe how the shock of…
Locked down and locked out
Is employment a panacea for poverty? A mixed-methods investigation of employment decisions in South Africa
A poverty dynamics approach to social stratification
The wave of upbeat stories on the developing world's emerging middle class has reinvigorated a debate on how social class in general and the middle class in particular ought to be defined and measured. In the economics literature, most scholars agree that being middle class entails being free from poverty, which means being able to afford the basic things in life - not only today, but also tomorrow. In consequence, there is an increasing tendency…
Snakes and ladders and loaded dice
Longitudinal surveys can give insight into economic mobility, which allows us to understand how markers of (dis)advantage are consequential in determining material conditions in the present, and how these markers structure economic opportunity over time. In this paper we show that this dynamic element—the risk of falling into (deeper) poverty and the chances of moving up—looms large in the economic lives of both the poor and the non-poor in South…
Locked down and locked out
Is employment a panacea for poverty? A mixed-methods investigation of employment decisions in South Africa
The livelihood impacts of Covid-19 in urban South Africa
This paper investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and related policy measures on livelihoods in urban South Africa. Using qualitative research methods, we analyse two rounds of semi-structured phone interviews, conducted between June and September 2020 in the township of Khayelitsha, Cape Town. We contextualise these by presenting a snapshot of the nationwide dynamics using quantitative panel data. Our findings describe how the shock of…
Economic growth (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Income, Poverty, and Inequality (4 works) · Poverty (4 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (4 works) · Agricultural risk and resilience (3 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Development economics (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 (2 works)