Building the Cape of Good Hope Panel

Johan Fourie; Erik Green

doi:10.1080/1081602X.2018.1509367

Building the Cape of Good Hope Panel

Johan Fourie, Erik Green

Department of Economic History

Stellenbosch University

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Abstract

To study the intergenerational dynamics of productivity, social mobility and demographic change of any contemporary society is a challenge. To do this for a pre-industrial society at the southern tip of Africa seems almost impossible. Yet this is the purpose of the Cape of Good Hope Panel, an annual panel data set–still under construction–of Cape Colony settler tax records over almost two centuries. The transcription of this ambitious project is now in its fourth year. Here we describe the history of the project, the transcription process, and present some preliminary results.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	493-502
Journal	History of the Family
Volume	23
Issue number	3
Early online date	2018 Aug 21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/1081602X.2018.1509367
Publication status	Published - 2018

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Economic Geography

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Africa
Big data
colonialism
institutions
longitudinal
settler
VOC

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5 Other

The social mobility of settlers: Evidence from annual Cape Colony tax censuses
Green, E., Fourie, J., von Fintel, D. & Rijpma, A., 2022 Jan 28.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Other
Ecology, Indigenous Agency in the Seventeenth Century: A case study of Hudson Bay and Cape Colony
Green, E., Links, C., Carlos, A. & Redish, A., 2022 Jan 27.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Other
Institutions of Equal Opportunity? Economic mobility in the Cape Colony
Green, E., Fourie, J., von Fintel, D. & Rijpma, A., 2021.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Other

1 Finished

The Cape of the Good Hope Panel: Long-term studies of growth, inequality and labour coercion in the global south
Green, E. (PI), Cilliers, J. (Researcher), Martins, I. (Researcher), Fourie, J. (Researcher), von Fintel, D. (Researcher) & Rijpma, A. (Researcher)
Marianne och Marcus Wallenbergs Stiftelse
2016/01/01 → 2019/12/31
Project: Research

1 Public lecture/debate/seminar

New methods on African economic history
Green, E. (Role not specified)
2017 Dec 7
Activity: Talk or presentation › Public lecture/debate/seminar

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Building the Cape of Good Hope Panel

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The social mobility of settlers: Evidence from annual Cape Colony tax censuses

Ecology, Indigenous Agency in the Seventeenth Century: A case study of Hudson Bay and Cape Colony

Institutions of Equal Opportunity? Economic mobility in the Cape Colony

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

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New methods on African economic history

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