when | 2016 | |
who | Bas van Leeuwen
Péter Földvári |
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what journal | Journal of Interdisciplinary history | |
what paper | Economic Mobility in a Colonial and Postcolonial Economy: Indonesia | |
language | English |
involved project member(s)
Bas van Leeuwen | Peter Foldvari |
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abstract
Despite a consensus about the main factors influencing economic mobility in Indonesia, such as labor-market opportunities and childhood circumstances, virtually nothing is known about how these factors increased economic standing in the colonial and postcolonial periods. The use of height data as a proxy for people’s economic situation, however, finds that whereas ethnicity was a strong predictor of economic status before Indonesia’s Independence, education assumed that role after 1946.
keywords
Indonesia, Netherlands Indies, economy, inequality, poverty, economic mobility
link to paper page of the journal website
http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/JINH_a_00976
citation format
MLA | van Leeuwen, Bas, and Peter Földvári. “Economic Mobility in a Colonial and Postcolonial Economy: Indonesia.” Journal of Interdisciplinary History (2016). |
APA | van Leeuwen, B., & Földvári, P. (2016). Economic Mobility in a Colonial and Postcolonial Economy: Indonesia. Journal of Interdisciplinary History. |
Chicago | van Leeuwen, Bas, and Peter Földvári. “Economic Mobility in a Colonial and Postcolonial Economy: Indonesia.” Journal of Interdisciplinary History (2016). |
Harvard | van Leeuwen, B. and Földvári, P., 2016. Economic Mobility in a Colonial and Postcolonial Economy: Indonesia. Journal of Interdisciplinary History. |
Vancouver | van Leeuwen B, Földvári P. Economic Mobility in a Colonial and Postcolonial Economy: Indonesia. Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 2016 Jul 28. |