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dc.contributor.authorFourie, Johanen
dc.contributor.authorvon Fintel, Dieteren
dc.date.accessioned2010-10-18-
dc.date.accessioned2011-12-15T13:16:56Z-
dc.date.available2011-12-15T13:16:56Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.isbn978-92-9230-350-1en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/54050-
dc.description.abstractThe arrival of European settlers at the Cape in 1652 marked the beginning of what would become an extremely unequal society. Comparative analysis reveals that certain endowments exist in societies that experience a 'persistence of inequality'. This paper shows that the emphasis on endowments may be overstated. A more general explanation allows for 'non-tropical products' to contribute to the rise and persistence of an elite, and consequently inequality. The focus shifts to the production method used in the dominant industry - in this case, slave labour in viticulture - and the subsequent ability of the elite to extend these benefits to products that were typically not associated with elite formation in other societies (such as wheat). The Cape Colony is used as a case study to show how the arrival of French settlers (with a preference for wine-making) shifted production from cattle farming to viticulture. A large domestic and foreign market for wine necessitated an increase in production volume. Given differences in fixed and variable costs, this resulted in knecht (wage) labour being supplanted by slave labour, an event which institutionalized the elite and ensured that the Cape remained a highly unequal society, with ramifications for present-day South Africa.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aThe United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) |cHelsinkien
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aWIDER Working Paper |x2010/112en
dc.subject.jelD31en
dc.subject.jelD63en
dc.subject.jelN37en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordElitesen
dc.subject.keywordSouth Africaen
dc.subject.keywordinequalityen
dc.subject.keywordVOCen
dc.subject.keywordrole of governmenten
dc.subject.keywordEngerman and Sokoloffen
dc.titleThe fruit of the vine? An augmented endowments-inequality hypothesis and the rise of an elite in the Cape Colony-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn636894908en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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