2026 Murray Leibbrandt: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	44	4212	3890	36	35	184	6554

Murray Leibbrandt publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Murray Leibbrandt sits on this spectrum.

44 publications 570+

This scientist: 184 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Murray Leibbrandt D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Murray Leibbrandt sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Murray Leibbrandt is affiliated with the University of Cape Town in South Africa. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences with a significant emphasis on income, poverty, and inequality. Their scholarly work spans several interrelated fields including sociology and political science, safety research, economics and econometrics, modeling and simulation, and general health professions.

The main topics of their research include:

Income, Poverty, and Inequality
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
COVID-19 epidemiological studies
COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
Employment and Welfare Studies
Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth

Leibbrandt has contributed to various publication venues, often collaborating in outlets such as:

Working Paper Series
British Journal of Sociology
World Development
Scientific African
Journal of Applied Youth Studies

The recent papers produced by Leibbrandt and their collaborators include:

"Locked down and locked out: Repurposing social assistance as emergency relief to informal workers" (2020, World Development)
"Spatial inequality through the prism of a pandemic: Covid-19 in South Africa" (2021, Scientific African)
"Why Is Youth Unemployment So Intractable in South Africa? A Synthesis of Evidence at the Micro-Level" (2020, Journal of Applied Youth Studies)
"Snakes and ladders and loaded dice: Poverty dynamics and inequality in South Africa between 2008 and 2017" (2022, South African Journal of Economics)
"Age, employment and labour force participation outcomes in COVID-era South Africa" (2022, Development Southern Africa)

Frequent coauthors in their research include:

Vimal Ranchhod
Muna Shifa
Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón
Mary Zhang
Ihsaan Bassier

Murray Leibbrandt's research integrates multiple dimensions of social and economic studies to address pressing issues related to poverty, inequality, labor markets, and the societal impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa. This multidisciplinary focus underscores their engagement with both empirical data and policy-relevant questions in the social sciences.

Best Publications

Trends in South African Income Distribution and Poverty since the Fall of Apartheid

Murray Leibbrandt;Ingrid Woolard;Arden Finn;Jonathan Argent

788
Citations
Describing and decomposing post-apartheid income inequality in South Africa

Murray Leibbrandt;Arden Finn;Ingrid Woolard

331
Citations
Measuring Poverty in South Africa

Ingrid Woolard;Murray Leibbrandt

263
Citations
Schooling as a Lottery: Racial Differences in School Advancement in Urban South Africa

David Lam;Cally Ardington;Murray Leibbrandt

223
Citations
Measuring recent changes in South African inequality and poverty using 1996 and 2001 census data

Murray Leibbrandt;Laura Poswell;Pranushka Naidoo;Matthew Welch

170
Citations
Distance decay and persistent health care disparities in South Africa.

Zoë M McLaren;Cally Ardington;Murray Leibbrandt

148
Citations
Understanding Contemporary Household Inequality in South Africa

Murray Leibbrandt;Haroon Bhorat;Ingrid Woolard

137
Citations
The financial impact of HIV/AIDS on poor households in South Africa.

Daryl L Collins;Murray Leibbrandt

134
Citations
Incomes in South Africa Since the Fall of Apartheid

Murray Leibbrandt;James Levinsohn;Justin McCrary

125
Citations
Incomes in South Africa Since the Fall of Apartheid

Murray Leibbrandt;James A. Levinsohn;James A. Levinsohn;Justin McCrary;Justin McCrary

124
Citations
Linking poverty and income shocks to risky sexual behaviour: evidence from a panel study of young adults in Cape Town

Taryn Dinkelman;David Lam;Murray Leibbrandt

121
Citations
Social assistance, gender, and the aged in South Africa

Justine Burns;Malcolm Keswell;Murray Leibbrandt

118
Citations
Orphanhood and Schooling in South Africa: Trends in the Vulnerability of Orphans between 1993 and 2005

Cally Ardington;Murray Leibbrandt

118
Citations
Household and community income, economic shocks and risky sexual behavior of young adults: evidence from the Cape Area Panel Study 2002 and 2005

Taryn Dinkelman;David Lam;Murray Leibbrandt

118
Citations
Measuring Inequality by Asset Indices: A General Approach with Application to South Africa

Martin Wittenberg;Murray Leibbrandt

116
Citations
A poverty dynamics approach to social stratification: The South African case

Simone Schotte;Rocco Zizzamia;Rocco Zizzamia;Murray Leibbrandt

107
Citations
A comparison of poverty in South Africa's nine provinces

Murray Leibbrandt;Ingrid Woolard

101
Citations
The contribution of income components to income inequality in the rural former homelands of South Africa: a decomposable Gini analysis

Murray Leibbrandt;C. Woolard;I. Woolard

100
Citations
Modelling Vulnerability and Low Earnings in the South African Labour Market

Haroon Bhorat;Murray Leibbrandt

97
Citations
The evolution and impact of unconditional cash transfers in South Africa

Ingrid Woolard;Murray Leibbrandt

95
Citations
Fifteen Years On: Household Incomes in South Africa

Murray Leibbrandt;James Levinsohn

27
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David Lam University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

James A. Levinsohn Yale University

Gary S. Fields Cornell University

Anne Case Princeton University

Nicoli Nattrass University of Cape Town

Till Bärnighausen Heidelberg University

Mike Savage London School of Economics and Political Science

Johannes Fedderke Pennsylvania State University

External Links

Personal website of Murray Leibbrandt Google Scholar page

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