GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: The national accounts of a slave-based society
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- Johan Fourie & Jan Luiten Zanden, 2013. "GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: The National Accounts of a Slave-Based Society," South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa, vol. 81(4), pages 467-490, December.
- Johan Fourie & Jan Luiten van Zanden, 2012. "GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: The national accounts of a slave-based society," Working Papers 0030, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History.
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South Africa; Slave; Income; Growth; GDP Per Capita; Production;All these keywords.
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- N37 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Africa; Oceania
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2012-05-08 (Africa)
- NEP-HIS-2012-05-08 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
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