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CULTURAL ACCOUNTING: AN EXAMPLE FROM A SMALL CARIBBEAN ISLAND
Author(s) -
COLE SAM
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
contemporary economic policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.454
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1465-7287
pISSN - 1074-3529
DOI - 10.1111/j.1465-7287.1994.tb00448.x
Subject(s) - division (mathematics) , social accounting matrix , division of labour , distribution (mathematics) , economics , geography , principal (computer security) , economic geography , macroeconomics , mathematics , computer science , arithmetic , market economy , mathematical analysis , computable general equilibrium , operating system
A cultural accounting matrix (CAM) is a means of describing and analyzing the cultural division of labor in socially and economically segmented societies. This paper explains the background to the CAM approach and applies it to a small Caribbean island. The analysis involves identifying the way in which the present‐day division of labor between the principal resident populations of the Island has arisen and calculating inter‐relational income distribution multipliers between the populations .