This dataset investigates the demographic effects of forced labor under the Cultivation System in nineteenth-century Java. The analysis uses an instrumental variable approach with international market prices for coffee and sugar to predict labor demands and estimate their association with mortality rates.
Use Cases
- Analyze the association between labor demands and mortality rates in Java from 1834 to 1879.
- Model the impact of international coffee and sugar prices on colonial labor demands.
- Estimate counterfactual mortality rates in Java under different colonial policy scenarios.
Strengths
- Focuses on a specific historical period and policy (the Cultivation System, 1834-1879).
- Employs an instrumental variable methodology using international commodity prices.
- Addresses a research question with clear temporal and geographic scope (Java).
Limitations
- The specific data structure, column names, and row count are unknown.
- The dataset's primary use is for historical demographic analysis, limiting generalizability to other contexts.
- Relies on historical records which may have gaps or inconsistencies.
Provenance
- Source
- ICPSR Harvested Dataverse
- Collection Method
- null
- Time Range
- 1834-1879
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Java