Long-run spatial inequality in South Africa: early settlement patterns and separate development
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- D.P. von Fintel, 2018. "Long-Run Spatial Inequality in South Africa: Early Settlement Patterns and Separate Development," Studies in Economics and Econometrics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(2), pages 81-102, August.
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Keywords
Spatial inequality; economic geography; apartheid homelands; African economic history;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- N97 - Economic History - - Regional and Urban History - - - Africa; Oceania
- R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2018-10-01 (Africa)
- NEP-AGR-2018-10-01 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-GEO-2018-10-01 (Economic Geography)
- NEP-GRO-2018-10-01 (Economic Growth)
- NEP-HIS-2018-10-01 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
- NEP-URE-2018-10-01 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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