This study contributes to an expanding literature on historical African inequality, presenting five social tables and income inequality estimates for Uganda between 1925 and 1965. I find that income inequality was mostly stable and overall low compared to other African colonies. Decomposition reveals important underlying fault lines and shifts. Income gaps between the African majority and a tiny Asian and European income elite accounted for a large share of overall inequality. Over time, inequality among Africans increased. Income from self-provisioning was a major equalizer in Uganda’s economy, which was characterized by land abundance and widespread smallholder cultivation of labor-intensive export crops.

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重建殖民地经济作物经济中的收入不平等：1925-1965 年乌干达的五个社会表

这项研究有助于扩大关于非洲历史不平等的文献，展示了 1925 年至 1965 年间乌干达的五张社会表格和收入不平等估计。我发现与其他非洲殖民地相比，收入不平等大多是稳定的，总体上较低。分解揭示了重要的潜在断层线和变化。大多数非洲人与少数亚洲和欧洲收入精英之间的收入差距占整体不平等的很大一部分。随着时间的推移，非洲人之间的不平等加剧了。自给自足的收入是乌干达经济的一个主要平衡因素，其特点是土地丰富和劳动密集型出口作物的广泛小农种植。