| By: |
Galli, Stefania (Unit for Economic History, School of Business, Economics and Law, Göteborg University);
Klas, Rönnbäck (Unit for Economic History, School of Business, Economics and Law, Göteborg University);
Dimitrios, Theodoridis (Unit for Economic History, School of Business, Economics and Law, Göteborg University) |
| Abstract: |
In this article, we discuss the sources employed and the methodological
choices that entailed assembling a novel, individual-level, large panel
dataset containing an incredible wealth of data for a full population in the
Caribbeans over the long run, the DWI panel. The panel contains over 1.35
million observations spanning 154 years, well over 100 variables, and its
records are linked across sources along demographic and geographic lines
throughout the entire period. This richness is all the more valuable in light
of the limited source’s availability characteristics of the area and is hoped
to lead to a renewed debate over our understanding of former slave societies,
while fostering collaborations with scholars relying on similar datasets for
other areas of the world. |
| Keywords: |
Big data; micro data; panel construction; record linking; colonialism; slavery |
| JEL: |
D31 F54 J47 N01 N36 |
| Date: |
2023–07–01 |
| URL: |
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hhs:gunhis:0032&r=dem |