Bureau of Market Research income/expenditure and market potential reports

Literature › Primary sources

Kind	author survey or fieldwork
Producer	Bureau of Market Research, UNISA
Coverage	1970-1976
Works using it	1

Debates

Debate	Works
Did the apartheid economy fail? Growth, productivity, investment and the post-1970s crisis	1
Liberal vs revisionist: was apartheid functional or dysfunctional for capitalist growth?	1
Unemployment: causes, measurement and labour market institutions	1
Racial wage gaps, wage convergence and wage determination	1

Works using this source

Work	As cited	Period	How used
Nattrass (1977)	Bureau of Market Research Report No. 34, Market Potentials of Consumer Goods and Services for Non-White Population Groups in the Five Main Metropolitan Areas, 1970	1970	Establishes that 37% of African expenditure (55% of foodstuffs) occurred at African business outlets, supporting informal sector demand argument.
Nattrass (1977)	Bureau of Market Research, Income and Expenditure Patterns of Urban Black Households in Durban, Report No. 50.10 (1976)	1972, 1975 (also 1970 expenditure)	Compares single vs multiple households' incomes and remittance rates, and food expenditure shares/elasticities.
Nattrass (1977)	Bureau of Market Research, Income and Expenditure Patterns of Urban Black Households in Johannesburg, Research Report No. 50.3 (1976)	1970-1975	Shows similar growth in money incomes across African household heads' skill categories and falling remittance/support payments by single households.