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Abstract
Can wealth shocks have intergenerational health consequences? We use the partial compensation slaveholders received after the 1834 slave emancipation in the British Cape Colony to measure the intergenerational effects of a wealth loss on longevity. Because the share of partial compensation received was uncorrelated to wealth, we can interpret the results as having a causal influence. We find that a greater loss of slave wealth shortened the lifespans of the generation of slaveholders that experienced the shock and those of their children, but not those of their grandchildren. We speculate on the mechanisms for this intergenerational persistence.
| Original language | English |
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| Number of pages | 56 |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Publication series
| Name | Lund Papers in Economic History. Development Economics |
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| Publisher | Department of Economic History, Lund University |
| No. | 2019:197 |
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Economic History
Free keywords
- intergenerational health
- intergenerational persistence
- wealth shock
- lifespan
- longevity
- slave emancipation
- 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
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