Income Mobility before Industrialization: Evidence from South Africa’s Cape Colony

IF 0.5 3区历史学 Q1 HISTORY

Social Science History Pub Date : 2024-09-12 DOI:10.1017/ssh.2024.24

Johan Fourie, Erik Green, Auke Rijpma, Dieter von Fintel

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Abstract

Attempts to measure social mobility before the twentieth century are frequently hampered by limited data. In this paper, we use a new source – annual, matched tax censuses over more than 70 years – to calculate intragenerational income mobility within a preindustrial, settler society, the Dutch and British Cape Colony at the southern tip of Africa. Our unique source allows us to measure income mobility along several dimensions, helping to disentangle reasons for the high levels of persistence we find.

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工业化前的收入流动：南非开普殖民地的证据

由于数据有限，衡量二十世纪以前社会流动性的尝试常常受到阻碍。在本文中，我们使用了一个新的数据源--70 多年来每年匹配的税收普查--来计算工业化前定居者社会（位于非洲南端的荷兰和英国开普殖民地）中的代内收入流动性。我们独特的数据来源使我们能够从多个维度来衡量收入流动性，从而有助于厘清我们发现的高持续性的原因。

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Social Science History Multiple-

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1.50

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12.50%

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