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Reconstructing a slave society: Building the DWI panel, 1760-1914

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  • Galli, Stefania

    (Unit for Economic History, School of Business, Economics and Law, Göteborg University)

  • Klas, Rönnbäck

    (Unit for Economic History, School of Business, Economics and Law, Göteborg University)

  • Dimitrios, Theodoridis

    (Unit for Economic History, School of Business, Economics and Law, Göteborg University)

Abstract

In this article, we discuss the sources employed and the methodological choices that entailed assembling a novel, individual-level, large panel dataset containing an incredible wealth of data for a full population in the Caribbeans over the long run, the DWI panel. The panel contains over 1.35 million observations spanning 154 years, well over 100 variables, and its records are linked across sources along demographic and geographic lines throughout the entire period. This richness is all the more valuable in light of the limited source’s availability characteristics of the area and is hoped to lead to a renewed debate over our understanding of former slave societies, while fostering collaborations with scholars relying on similar datasets for other areas of the world.

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  • Galli, Stefania & Klas, Rönnbäck & Dimitrios, Theodoridis, 2023. "Reconstructing a slave society: Building the DWI panel, 1760-1914," Göteborg Papers in Economic History 32, University of Gothenburg, Unit for Economic History.
    • Handle: RePEc:hhs:gunhis:0032
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    Keywords

    Big data; micro data; panel construction; record linking; colonialism; slavery;
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    JEL classification:

    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
    • F54 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - Colonialism; Imperialism; Postcolonialism
    • J47 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Coercive Labor Markets
    • N01 - Economic History - - General - - - Development of the Discipline: Historiographical; Sources and Methods
    • N36 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Latin America; Caribbean

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