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The spatial persistence of population and wealth during apartheid: comparing the 1911 and 2011 censuses

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  • Waldo F. Krugell

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This article examines the spatial distribution of people and wealth in South Africa over the period 1911 to 2011. Economic development is typically characterised by agglomeration, but Apartheid policies tried to separate people and disperse economic activity. Zipf’s Law is used to examine the balance of these forces. The results show that Apartheid’s interventions could […]

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  • Waldo F. Krugell, 2014. "The spatial persistence of population and wealth during apartheid: comparing the 1911 and 2011 censuses," Working Papers 459, Economic Research Southern Africa.
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    1. Fintel, Dieter von & Fourie, Johan, 2019. "The great divergence in South Africa: Population and wealth dynamics over two centuries," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 47(4), pages 759-773.
    2. Daniel de Kadt & Johan Fourie & Jan Greyling & Elie Murard & Johannes Norling, 2021. "Correlates and Consequences of the 1918 Influenza in South Africa," South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa, vol. 89(2), pages 173-195, June.

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    Keywords

    Colonial history; Economic History; productivity; South Africa; Urbanization;
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    JEL classification:

    • N97 - Economic History - - Regional and Urban History - - - Africa; Oceania
    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)

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