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Jeanne Cilliers . Photo

Jeanne Cilliers

Researcher

Jeanne Cilliers . Photo

‘Unobtrusively into the ranks of colonial society’ : Intergenerational wealth mobility in the Cape Colony over the eighteenth century

Author

  • Jeanne Cilliers
  • Johan Fourie
  • Christie Swanepoel

Summary, in English

Intergenerational mobility studies are now expanding in three directions – including different regions and time periods, using different outcomes to measure mobility, and investigating the mechanisms that affect mobility. We investigate, for the first time, wealth mobility in the Cape Colony. We compare a number of outcomes, and consider several mechanisms to explain our results. Our data allow us to match at much higher rates than before, and also include daughters. We find very high mobility at the Cape and, in contrast to the existing historiography, higher rates for those at the bottom of the wealth distribution.

Department/s

  • Department of Economic History

Publishing year

2019

Language

English

Pages

48-71

Publication/Series

Economic History of Developing Regions

Volume

34

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Topic

  • Economic History

Status

Published

Project

  • The Cape of the Good Hope Panel: Long-term studies of growth, inequality and labour coercion in the global south

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 2078-0397