Forced labour and mortality in nineteenth-century Java | VOX, CEPR Policy Portal

The Cultivation System implemented by the Dutch in Indonesia forced Javanese peasants to devote a substantial share of their land and labour to the production of various cash crops in exchange for a small payment. This column examines how the regime affected the health of the population in 19th-century Java. The authors find that a higher number of workers called up for labour

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