10.4225/03/5934ce053a718 Maitra, Pushkar Pushkar Maitra Ray, Ranjan Ranjan Ray Resource Inflows and Household Composition: Evidence From South African Panel Data Monash University 2017 Private Transfers Household Structure Social Pensions monash:2164 1959.1/2164 2001 Panel Data Crowding Out 2017-06-05 03:20:35 Journal contribution https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/journal_contribution/Resource_Inflows_and_Household_Composition_Evidence_From_South_African_Panel_Data/5072902 Economic analysis of household behaviour, usually, assumes that household size and composition are fixed and exogenous. This study departs from this practice by analysing resource and household compositional variables, using an interdependent framework that treats them as jointly endogenous. The study is conducted using panel data set of Black households residing in Kwazulu Natal province in South Africa. The results provide evidence of fluidity of household structure, and point to new hypotheses on its responsiveness to changes in resources and other variables. The results also point to some sharp changes in South Africa between 1993 and 1998 in the direction and magnitude of the impact of several key variables.