A History with Evidence: Income inequality in the Dutch Cape Colony
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- Johan Fourie & Dieter von Fintel, 2011. "A History With Evidence: Income inequality in the Dutch Cape Colony," Working Papers 0007, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History.
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Keywords
South Africa; VOC; Gini; wealth; comparative; Kuznets; Williamson;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- N37 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Africa; Oceania
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2010-10-23 (Africa)
- NEP-HIS-2010-10-23 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
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