ABSTRACT Intergenerational mobility studies are now expanding in three directions – including different regions and time periods, using different outcomes to measure mobility, and investigating the mechanisms that affect mobility. We investigate, for the first time, wealth mobility in the Cape Colony. We compare a number of outcomes, and consider several mechanisms to explain our results. Our data allow us to match at much higher rates than before, and also include daughters. We find very high mobility at the Cape and, in contrast to the existing historiography, higher rates for those at the bottom of the wealth distribution.

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“毫不客气地进入殖民社会的行列”：十八世纪，开普殖民地的代际财富流动

摘要代际流动性研究现在朝三个方向扩展–包括不同的地区和时间段，使用不同的结果来衡量流动性，并研究影响流动性的机制。我们首次调查了开普殖民地的财富流动性。我们比较了许多结果，并考虑了几种机制来解释我们的结果。我们的数据使我们能够以比以前更高的比率进行配对，并且还包括女儿。我们发现开普省的流动性很高，与现有的史学相比，财富分配底部的人的流动性更高。