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Working Papers
2021
- Health inequality and the 1918 influenza in South Africa
CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE)
2020
- The causes and consequences of the 1918 influenza in South Africa
Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics
- The settlers of South Africa and the expanding frontier
Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics
2019
- Decolonizing with data: The cliometric turn in African economic history
Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
- Legacies of Loss: The intergenerational outcomes of slaveholder compensation in the British Cape Colony
Lund Papers in Economic History, Lund University, Department of Economic History View citations (1)
- Missing boys: Explaining South Africa’s unbalanced sex ratio, 1894-2011
Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa
- The Great Divergence in South Africa: Population and Wealth Dynamics Over Two Centuries
African Economic History Working Paper, African Economic History Network View citations (3)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Comparative Economics (2019)
- The Origin of Extractive States in Africa: The Case of the British Cape Colony, 1834-1909
Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa
- Who writes African economic history?
Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
See also Journal Article in Economic History of Developing Regions (2019)
2018
- Cliometrics in South Africa
Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics
- Military technology and sample selection bias
Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics
- Record Linkage in the Cape of Good Hope Panel
Lund Papers in Economic History, Lund University, Department of Economic History View citations (2)
Also in Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics (2018) 
See also Journal Article in Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History (2020)
- Was Slavery a Flexible Form of Labour? Division of Labour and Location Specific Skills on the Eastern Cape Frontier
African Economic History Working Paper, African Economic History Network View citations (1)
2017
- Black living standards in South Africa before democracy: New evidence from heights
Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa View citations (1)
Also in Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics (2017) View citations (3)
- Social mobility during South Africa’s industrial take-off
Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics
2016
- "For the public benefit": Railways in the British Cape Colony
African Economic History Working Paper, African Economic History Network View citations (9)
- Social mobility during South Africa’s industrial take-off
Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa View citations (8)
- The effects of terrorism, crime and corruption on tourist arrivals
Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa View citations (6)
- The historically high cost of tertiary education in South Africa
Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics
- The long walk to economic freedom after apartheid, and the road ahead
Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics
- Why local context matters: de jure and de facto property rights in colonial South Africa
Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa View citations (1)
2015
- "Impending ruin" or "remarkable wealth"? The role of private credit markets in a settler colony
Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa View citations (4)
- Growth (and Segregation) by Rail: How the Railways Shaped Colonial South Africa
Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa View citations (9)
- How the ‘Hand of Henry’ Benefited the South African Economy
Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa View citations (1)
- The Cape of Perfect Storms: Colonial Africa’s first financial crash, 1788-1793
Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa
- The Data Revolution in African Economic History
Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa View citations (4)
- When Selection Trumps Persistence: The Lasting Effect of Missionary Education in South Africa
Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa View citations (10)
- When did globalization begin in South Africa?
Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics
- “Poor South Africa! Will no nice English people ever come out here?”—The South African Constabulary of the Second South African War
Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics View citations (2)
2014
- Religion, Religious Diversity and Tourism
Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics 
See also Journal Article in Kyklos (2015)
- Subverting the standard view of the Cape economy: Robert Ross’s cliometric contribution and the work it inspired
Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics
- The Missing People: Accounting for Indigenous Populations in Cape Colonial History
Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa
- The internationalization of economic history: a puzzle
Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History View citations (4)
See also Journal Article in Economic History of Developing Regions (2014)
2013
- Literacy at South African Mission Stations
Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
Also in Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa (2012) View citations (1)
- The Quantitative Cape: Notes from a new Histriography of the Dutch Cape Colony
Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa View citations (3)
- The transmission of longevity across generations: The case of the settler Cape Colony
Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics View citations (8)
Also in SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town (2013)
- Vroeë Kaapse en Europese huwelikspatrone
Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics
2012
- Ethnic Reunion and Cultural Affinity
Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa View citations (4)
See also Journal Article in Tourism Management (2013)
- GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: The national accounts of a slave-based society
Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History View citations (3)
Also in Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics (2012) View citations (5)
See also Journal Article in South African Journal of Economics (2013)
- Moving Forward in African Economic History. Bridging the Gap Between Methods and Sources
Lund Papers in Economic History, Lund University, Department of Economic History View citations (2)
Also in African Economic History Working Paper, African Economic History Network (2012) View citations (4)
- New estimates of settler life span and other demographic trends in South Africa, 1652–1948
Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics View citations (4)
See also Journal Article in Economic History of Developing Regions (2012)
- Slave numeracy in the Cape Colony and comparative development in the eighteenth century
Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa
- The Future of South African Economic History
Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics View citations (4)
See also Journal Article in Economic History of Developing Regions (2012)
- The wealth of the Cape Colony: Measurements from probate inventories
Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa
2011
- A History With Evidence: Income inequality in the Dutch Cape Colony
Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History View citations (9)
Also in Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics (2010) View citations (1) Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa (2010) View citations (5)
- A survey and comparison of luxury item ownership in the eighteenth century Dutch Cape Colony
Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics
- Die relatiewe welvaart van die vroeë Kaapse setlaars
Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics
- Settler Skills and Colonial Development
Working Papers, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History View citations (2)
Also in Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa (2011) View citations (13)
- Slaves as capital investment in the Dutch Cape Colony, 1652-1795
Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics View citations (6)
- The Determinants of African Tourism
Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa View citations (4)
See also Journal Article in Development Southern Africa (2013)
2010
- South African mega-events and their impact on tourism
Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
- The Fruit of the Vine? An Augmented Endowments-Inequality Hypothesis and the Rise of an Elite in the Cape Colony
WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (3)
- The impact of mega-events on tourist arrivals
Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa View citations (11)
- The impact of mega-sport events on tourist arrivals
Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics View citations (45)
See also Journal Article in Tourism Management (2011)
- The sources of comparative advantage in tourism
Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics View citations (5)
- The state and scope of the economic history of developing regions
Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
Also in ANU Working Papers in Economics and Econometrics, Australian National University, College of Business and Economics, School of Economics (2010) View citations (1)
- ʼn Ongelyke Oes: Die Franse Hugenote en die vroeë Kaapse wynbedryf
Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics
2009
- Evaluating Africa’s comparative advantage in travel service exports
Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
- The dynamics of inequality in a newly settled, pre-industrial society: The case of the Cape Colony
Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics View citations (3)
Also in Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa (2009) 
See also Journal Article in Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History (2010)
- World Rankings of Comparative Advantage in Service Exports
Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics
2008
- Explaining ship traffic fluctuations in the early Cape settlement: 1652–1793
Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics View citations (7)
- From Competitive Balance to Match Attractiveness in Rugby Union
Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics View citations (2)
- Ship Traffic and the Economy of the Cape Colony: 1652-1793
Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa
- The significance of the Cape trade route to economic activity in the Cape colony: a medium-term business cycle analysis
Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics View citations (2)
See also Journal Article in European Review of Economic History (2010)
- Using Match Attractiveness Measures to Evaluate the Structure of the Currie Cup
Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics
2007
- A Note on Infrastructure Quality in South Africa
Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics 
See also Journal Article in Development Southern Africa (2008)
- Infrastructure in South Africa: Who is to finance and who is to pay?
Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics View citations (2)
See also Journal Article in Development Southern Africa (2010)
2006
- Some policy proposals for future infrastructure investment in South Africa
Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics View citations (2)
- The South African poor white problem in the early 20th century: Lessons for poverty today
Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics View citations (2)
Journal Articles
2020
- Public Sector Growth in the British Cape Colony: Evidence From New Data on Expenditure and Foreign Debt, 1830‐1910
South African Journal of Economics, 2020, 88, (3), 341-367
- Record linkage in the Cape of Good Hope Panel
Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History, 2020, 53, (2), 112-129 
See also Working Paper (2018)
- The effect of safety and security issues on international tourism
Annals of Tourism Research, 2020, 80, (C) View citations (2)
- The substitutability of slaves: Evidence from the eastern frontier of the Cape Colony
Economic History of Developing Regions, 2020, 35, (2), 98-122
2019
- The great divergence in South Africa: Population and wealth dynamics over two centuries
Journal of Comparative Economics, 2019, 47, (4), 759-773 View citations (3)
See also Working Paper (2019)
- Who Writes African Economic History?
Economic History of Developing Regions, 2019, 34, (2), 111-131 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper (2019)
- ‘Unobtrusively into the ranks of colonial society’: Intergenerational wealth mobility in the Cape Colony over the eighteenth century
Economic History of Developing Regions, 2019, 34, (1), 48-71
2018
- Occupational Mobility during South Africa's Industrial Take‐Off
South African Journal of Economics, 2018, 86, (1), 3-22 View citations (5)
- Wine Cycles in South Africa
Journal of Wine Economics, 2018, 13, (2), 182-198 View citations (2)
- “For the public benefit†? Railways in the British Cape Colony
European Review of Economic History, 2018, 22, (1), 73-100 View citations (8)
2017
- The Invisible Hand of Thierry Henry
Journal of Sports Economics, 2017, 18, (7), 750-766
2016
- Research Note: Which God is Good for Tourism?
Tourism Economics, 2016, 22, (1), 163-169
2015
- Numeracy of Africans, Asians, and Europeans during the early modern period: new evidence from Cape Colony court registers
Economic History Review, 2015, 68, (2), 632-656 View citations (10)
- Religion, Religious Diversity and Tourism
Kyklos, 2015, 68, (1), 51-64 View citations (3)
See also Working Paper (2014)
2014
- Settler skills and colonial development: the Huguenot wine-makers in eighteenth-century Dutch South Africa
Economic History Review, 2014, 67, (4), 932-963 View citations (10)
- The Internationalization of Economic History: A Puzzle
Economic History of Developing Regions, 2014, 29, (1), 1-14 View citations (2)
See also Working Paper (2014)
- The economics of apartheid: An introduction
Economic History of Developing Regions, 2014, 29, (2), 113-125 View citations (2)
2013
- Ethnic reunion and cultural affinity
Tourism Management, 2013, 36, (C), 411-420 View citations (10)
See also Working Paper (2012)
- GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: The National Accounts of a Slave-Based Society
South African Journal of Economics, 2013, 81, (4), 467-490 View citations (15)
See also Working Paper (2012)
- The determinants of African tourism
Development Southern Africa, 2013, 30, (3), 347-366 View citations (3)
See also Working Paper (2011)
- The remarkable wealth of the Dutch Cape Colony: measurements from eighteenth-century probate inventories
Economic History Review, 2013, 66, (2), 419-448 View citations (15)
2012
- NEW ESTIMATES OF SETTLER LIFE SPAN AND OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1652-1948
Economic History of Developing Regions, 2012, 27, (2), 61-86 View citations (3)
See also Working Paper (2012)
- The Future of South African Economic History
Economic History of Developing Regions, 2012, 27, (1), 114-124 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper (2012)
- The Roots of Development
Economic History of Developing Regions, 2012, 27, (S1), S1-S1
2011
- The impact of mega-sport events on tourist arrivals
Tourism Management, 2011, 32, (6), 1364-1370 View citations (70)
See also Working Paper (2010)
- Tourist displacement in two South African sport mega-events
Development Southern Africa, 2011, 28, (3), 319-332 View citations (2)
- Travel service exports as comparative advantage in South Africa
South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, 2011, 14, (2), 210-228 View citations (4)
2010
- Infrastructure in South Africa: Who is to finance and who is to pay?
Development Southern Africa, 2010, 27, (2), 177-191 View citations (7)
See also Working Paper (2007)
- The dynamics of inequality in a newly settled, pre-industrial society: the case of the Cape Colony
Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, 2010, 4, (3), 229-267 View citations (12)
See also Working Paper (2009)
- The significance of the Cape trade route to economic activity in the Cape Colony: a medium-term business cycle analysis
European Review of Economic History, 2010, 14, (3), 469-503 View citations (12)
See also Working Paper (2008)
2008
- A note on infrastructure quality in South Africa
Development Southern Africa, 2008, 25, (4), 481-494 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper (2007)
2006
- ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE: A REVIEW OF DEFINITIONS, THEORY AND EMPIRICS
South African Journal of Economics, 2006, 74, (3), 530-556 View citations (6)
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- Economic History of Developing Regions
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