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Citation Profile [Updated: 2025-11-20 18:08:17]
5 Years H Index
17
Impact Factor (IF)
0.33
5 Years IF
0.12
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IF AIF CIF IF5 DOC CDO CIT NCI CCU D2Y C2Y D5Y C5Y SC %SC CiY II AII
2002 0 0.55 0 0 6 6 46 8 0 0 0 0 0.31
2003 0.17 0.53 0.13 0.17 2 8 19 1 9 6 1 6 1 0 0 0.3
2004 0.25 0.6 0.18 0.25 3 11 8 2 11 8 2 8 2 0 0 0.36
2005 0.8 0.61 0.57 0.45 3 14 51 6 19 5 4 11 5 2 33.3 0 0.36
2006 0.33 0.58 0.39 0.5 17 31 150 12 31 6 2 14 7 4 33.3 4 0.24 0.34
2007 1 0.52 0.85 0.94 17 48 124 41 72 20 20 31 29 7 17.1 5 0.29 0.29
2008 0.38 0.58 0.38 0.38 24 72 80 27 99 34 13 42 16 9 33.3 2 0.08 0.29
2009 0.22 0.59 0.31 0.23 25 97 125 29 129 41 9 64 15 6 20.7 2 0.08 0.33
2010 0.1 0.52 0.22 0.26 28 125 144 27 157 49 5 86 22 5 18.5 1 0.04 0.3
2011 0.34 0.61 0.46 0.34 24 149 79 65 225 53 18 111 38 25 38.5 6 0.25 0.36
2012 0.38 0.67 0.54 0.37 23 172 110 93 318 52 20 118 44 19 20.4 11 0.48 0.36
2013 0.36 0.64 0.44 0.28 28 200 73 86 406 47 17 124 35 31 36 1 0.04 0.34
2014 0.33 0.67 0.52 0.33 28 228 86 118 524 51 17 128 42 28 23.7 10 0.36 0.34
2015 0.29 0.65 0.43 0.37 21 249 35 107 631 56 16 131 48 36 33.6 1 0.05 0.36
2016 0.49 0.63 0.46 0.35 19 268 25 124 755 49 24 124 44 35 28.2 8 0.42 0.34
2017 0.13 0.61 0.27 0.22 16 284 44 76 831 40 5 119 26 21 27.6 5 0.31 0.33
2018 0.17 0.6 0.33 0.21 22 306 43 102 933 35 6 112 23 43 42.2 2 0.09 0.34
2019 0.61 0.6 0.37 0.37 21 327 28 121 1055 38 23 106 39 26 21.5 3 0.14 0.35
2020 0.33 0.68 0.3 0.25 25 352 41 104 1159 43 14 99 25 32 30.8 8 0.32 0.72
2021 0.61 0.91 0.31 0.52 10 362 1 113 1272 46 28 103 54 10 8.8 0 0.37
2022 0.2 0.66 0.17 0.19 6 368 2 63 1335 35 7 94 18 4 6.3 0 0.21
2023 0.19 0.5 0.11 0.17 6 374 1 42 1377 16 3 84 14 1 2.4 0 0.16
2024 0.33 0.53 0.05 0.12 3 377 0 20 1397 12 4 68 8 0 0 0.2
IF: Two years Impact Factor: C2Y / D2Y
AIF: Average Impact Factor for all series in RePEc in year y
CIF: Cumulative impact factor
IF5: Five years Impact Factor: C5Y / D5Y
DOC: Number of documents published in year y
CDO: Cumulative number of documents published until year y
CIT: Number of citations to papers published in year y
NCI: Number of citations in year y
CCU: Cumulative number of citations to papers published until year y
D2Y: Number of articles published in y-1 plus y-2
C2Y: Cites in y to articles published in y-1 plus y-2
D5Y: Number of articles published in y-1 until y-5
C5Y: Cites in y to articles published in y-1 until y-5
SC: selft citations in y to articles published in y-1 plus y-2
%SC: Percentage of selft citations in y to articles published in y-1 plus y-2
CiY: Cites in year y to documents published in year y
II: Immediacy Index: CiY / Documents.
AII: Average Immediacy Index for series in RePEc in year y
50 most cited documents in this series
#YearTitleCited
12010The impact of mega-sport events on tourist arrivals. (2010). Santana Gallego, Maria ; Fourie, Johan ; Santana-Gallego, Maria. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers119.

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22005Trends in poverty and inequality since the political transition. (2005). Yu, Derek ; van der Berg, Servaas ; Louw, Megan ; Burger, Rulof. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers12.

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32012Poverty & Privilege: Primary School Inequality in South Africa. (2012). Spaull, Nicholas. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers165.

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42007The cyclicality of monetary and fiscal policy in South Africa since 1994. (2007). Sturzenegger, Federico ; Smit, Ben ; Du Plessis, Stan. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers43.

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52006How effective are poor schools? Poverty and educational outcomes in South Africa. (2006). van der Berg, Servaas. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers20.

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62014Wage subsidies and youth employment in South Africa: Evidence from a randomised control trial. (2014). Schöer, Volker ; Rankin, Neil ; Levinsohn, James ; Roberts, Gareth. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers207.

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72006Wage trends in post-apartheid South Africa: Constructing an earnings series from household survey data. (2006). Yu, Derek ; Burger, Rulof. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers24.

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82009The importance of socio-economic status in determining educational achievement in South Africa. (2009). Yu, Derek ; Taylor, Stephen. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers73.

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24
92017The value of reference letters. (2017). Piraino, Patrizio ; Burger, Rulof ; Abel, Martin. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers282.

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102011Low quality education as a poverty trap. (2011). von Fintel, Dieter ; van Broekhuizen, Hendrik ; van der Berg, Servaas ; Taylor, Stephen ; Spaull, Nicholas ; Shepherd, Debra ; Moses, Eldridge ; Gustafsson, Martin ; du Rand, Gideon ; Burger, Ronelle ; de Vos, Mia . In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers255.

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112009The sensitivity of South African inflation expectations to surprises. (2009). Reid, Monique. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers88.

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122012Happy in the service of the Company: the purchasing power of VOC salaries at the Cape in the 18th century. (2012). Du Plessis, Stan. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers153.

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132003Changing Patterns of South African income distribution: Towards time series estimates of distribution and poverty. (2003). van der Berg, Servaas ; Louw, Megan. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers8.

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142007A fiscal rule to produce counter-cyclical fiscal policy in South Africa. (2007). Du Plessis, Stan ; Boshoff, Willem. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers44.

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19
152010Current poverty and income distribution in the context of South African history. (2010). van der Berg, Servaas. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers121.

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18
162010Efficiency and equity effects of social grants in South Africa. (2010). van der Berg, Servaas ; Siebrits, Franz ; Lekezwa, bongisa. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers115.

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172006Business Cycles in Emerging market Economies: A New View of the Stylised Facts. (2006). Du Plessis, Stan. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers16.

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17
182006Returns to Race: Labour Market Discrimination in Post-Apartheid South Africa. (2006). Jafta, Rachel ; Burger, Rulof. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers18.

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17
192006Educational attainment and intergenerational social mobility in South Africa. (2006). Yu, Derek ; van der Berg, Servaas ; Louw, Megan. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers23.

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16
202008Poverty in South Africa: A profile based on recent household surveys. (2008). Siebrits, Franz ; Lekezwa, bongisa ; Armstrong, Paula. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers52.

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16
212002Estimating potential output and output gaps for the South African economy. (2002). Smit, Ben ; Burrows, Le Roux. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers5.

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16
222020Household resource flows and food poverty during South Africa’s lockdown: Short-term policy implications for three channels of social protection. (2020). Wills, Gabrielle ; van der Berg, Servaas ; Patel, Leila ; Mpeta, Bokang. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers357.

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15
232007Lessons learnt from SACMEQII: South African student performance in regional context. (2007). van der Berg, Servaas ; Louw, Megan. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers47.

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242014Starting Behind and Staying Behind in South Africa: The case of insurmountable learning deficits in mathematics. (2014). Spaull, Nicholas ; Kotze, Janeli. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers232.

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15
252007The comparability of the Statistics South Africa October Household Surveys and Labour Force Surveys. (2007). Yu, Derek. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers48.

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15
262018How to improve teaching practice? Experimental comparison of centralized training and in-classroom coaching. (2018). Taylor, Stephen ; Cilliers, Jacobus ; Prinsloo, Cas ; Fleisch, Brahm. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers308.

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272007A series of national accounts-consistent estimates of poverty and inequality in South Africa. (2007). Yu, Derek ; van der Berg, Servaas ; Louw, Megan ; Burger, Rulof. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers40.

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282002Earnings functions, labour market discrimination and quality of education in South Africa. (2002). van der Berg, Servaas ; Chamberlain, Doubell . In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers2.

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292009Poverty, Inequality and the Role of Social Grants: An Analysis using Decomposition Techniques. (2009). Burger, Cobus ; Armstrong, Paula. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers87.

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302009Poverty trends since the transition: What we know. (2009). van der Berg, Servaas ; Louw, Megan ; du Toit, Leon. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers92.

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14
312008The comparability of Income and Expenditure Surveys 1995, 2000 and 2005/2006. (2008). Yu, Derek. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers59.

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14
322011A Preliminary Analysis of SACMEQ III South Africa. (2011). Spaull, Nicholas. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers139.

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14
332006Economic growth in South Africa since 1994. (2006). Smit, Ben ; Du Plessis, Stan. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers15.

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342008Post-Apartheid Trends in Gender Discrimination in South Africa: Analysis through Decomposition Techniques. (2008). Shepherd, Debra. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers54.

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352007Post-transition poverty trends based on an alternative data source. (2007). Yu, Derek ; van der Berg, Servaas ; Louw, Megan. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers39.

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362013South African Sector Return Correlations: using DCC and ADCC Multivariate GARCH techniques to uncover the underlying dynamics.. (2013). Katzke, Nico. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers193.

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372006Access to credit by the poor in South Africa: Evidence from Household Survey Data 1995 and 2000. (2006). Okurut, Francis Nathan. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers27.

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382011Uncovering indicators of effective school management in South Africa using the National School Effectiveness Study. (2011). Taylor, Stephen. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers138.

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392011The when and how of leaving school: The policy implications of new evidence on secondary schooling in South Africa. (2011). Gustafsson, Martin. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers137.

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402009The comparability of Census 1996, Census 2001 and Community Survey 2007. (2009). Yu, Derek. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers94.

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412009Determining the Causes of the Rising South African Unemployment Rate: An Age, Period and Generational Analysis. (2009). von Fintel, Dieter ; Burger, Rulof. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers97.

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422010Loud and clear? Can we hear when the SARB speaks?. (2010). Reid, Monique ; Du Plessis, Stan. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers110.

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432013The transmission of longevity across generations: The case of the settler Cape Colony. (2013). Piraino, Patrizio ; Muller, Sean ; Fourie, Johan ; Cilliers, Jeanne. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers190.

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442008Optimal HP filtering for South Africa. (2008). du Toit, Leon. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers55.

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9
452007Using the hierarchical linear model to understand school production in South Africa. (2007). Gustafsson, Martin. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers32.

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462018Long-run spatial inequality in South Africa: early settlement patterns and separate development. (2018). von Fintel, Dieter. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers309.

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9
472009The comparability of Labour Force Survey (LFS) and Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS). (2009). Yu, Derek. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers80.

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8
482002Issues in South African Social Security. (2002). van der Berg, Servaas. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers1.

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8
492013Youth unemployment in South Africa since 2000 revisited. (2013). Yu, Derek. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers180.

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502012Graduate unemployment in South Africa: A much exaggerated problem. (2012). van Broekhuizen, Hendrik ; van der Berg, Servaas. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers175.

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50 most relevant documents in this series (papers most cited in the last two years)
#YearTitleCited
12007The cyclicality of monetary and fiscal policy in South Africa since 1994. (2007). Sturzenegger, Federico ; Smit, Ben ; Du Plessis, Stan. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers43.

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5
22013South African Sector Return Correlations: using DCC and ADCC Multivariate GARCH techniques to uncover the underlying dynamics.. (2013). Katzke, Nico. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers193.

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3
32010Efficiency and equity effects of social grants in South Africa. (2010). van der Berg, Servaas ; Siebrits, Franz ; Lekezwa, bongisa. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers115.

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3
42010A History with Evidence: Income inequality in the Dutch Cape Colony. (2010). von Fintel, Dieter ; Fourie, Johan. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers122.

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3
52014Wage subsidies and youth employment in South Africa: Evidence from a randomised control trial. (2014). Schöer, Volker ; Rankin, Neil ; Levinsohn, James ; Roberts, Gareth. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers207.

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3
62020The gendered effects of the ongoing lockdown and school closures in South Africa: Evidence from NIDS-CRAM Waves 1 and 2. (2020). Shepherd, Debra ; Casale, Daniela. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers356.

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2
72006Business Cycles in Emerging market Economies: A New View of the Stylised Facts. (2006). Du Plessis, Stan. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers16.

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2
82022Living standards in settler South Africa, 1865-1920. (2022). Mariotti, Martine ; Inwood, Kris ; Fourie, Johan. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers376.

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2
92012Happy in the service of the Company: the purchasing power of VOC salaries at the Cape in the 18th century. (2012). Du Plessis, Stan. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers153.

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2
102016Graduate unemployment and Higher Education Institutions in South Africa. (2016). van Broekhuizen, Hendrik. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers264.

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2
112019Who writes African economic history?. (2019). Fourie, Johan. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers323.

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122023Estimating historical inequality from social tables: Towards Methodological Consistency. (2023). von Fintel, Dieter ; Green, Erik ; Links, Calumet. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers377.

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2
132019Sustainable fiscal policy and economic growth in South Africa. (2019). Calitz, Estian ; Burger, Philippe. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers329.

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2
142019Machine Learning vs Traditional Forecasting Methods: An Application to South African GDP. (2019). Martin, Lisa-Cheree. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers326.

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2
152007A fiscal rule to produce counter-cyclical fiscal policy in South Africa. (2007). Du Plessis, Stan ; Boshoff, Willem. In: Working Papers. RePEc:sza:wpaper:wpapers44.

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Citing documents used to compute impact factor: 4
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2024The effect of womens decision-making on child nutritional outcomes in South Africa. (2024). Adediran, Olanrewaju Adewole. In: Economics & Human Biology. RePEc:eee:ehbiol:v:53:y:2024:i:c:s1570677x24000078.

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2024The physical well-being of Indigenous communities in the Pacific Northwest: Anthropometric evidence from British Columbia’s jails, 1864–1913. (2024). Inwood, Kris ; Keay, Ian. In: Economics & Human Biology. RePEc:eee:ehbiol:v:55:y:2024:i:c:s1570677x24000947.

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2024The three eras of global inequality, 1820–2020 with the focus on the past thirty years. (2024). Milanovic, Branko. In: World Development. RePEc:eee:wdevel:v:177:y:2024:i:c:s0305750x23003340.

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2024How rich were the rich? An empirically-based taxonomy of pre-industrial bases of wealth. (2024). Milanovic, Branko. In: Explorations in Economic History. RePEc:eee:exehis:v:93:y:2024:i:c:s0014498324000287.

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