Happy in the service of the Company: the purchasing power of VOC salaries at the Cape in the 18th century
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- Sophia Du Plessis & Stan Du Plessis, 2012. "Happy in the Service of the Company: The Purchasing Power of VOC Salaries at the Cape in the 18th Century," Economic History of Developing Regions, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(1), pages 125-149.
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Keywords
Real wages; Dutch East India Company (VOC); Cape Colony; Compari-sons of living standards; Economic history of South Africa; Economic history of the Cape Colony;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- N37 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Africa; Oceania
- N97 - Economic History - - Regional and Urban History - - - Africa; Oceania
- E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2012-02-20 (Africa)
- NEP-HIS-2012-02-20 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
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