Living Standards and the Distribution of Income in Colonial Indonesia: A Review of the Evidence

1988 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 310-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Booth
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Indigenous Population ◽  
Rice Production ◽  
Living Standards ◽  
Individual Welfare ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Colonial Policies ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Distribution Of Income

One of the most widely held views about Indonesia, and especially Java, in the nineteenth century was that such economic growth as occurred did not benefit the mass of the indigenous population, whose living standards almost certainly declined. Many scholars have drawn attention to the evidence that per capita rice production fell after 1880 as proof that living standards were definitely falling in the last two decades of the century, while others have not hesitated to draw the bolder conclusion that living standards declined almost continually after 1800:One theme stands out most prominently in Javanese society during this time: the theme of involution and reaction…. Despite the promises of the changing colonial policies to further the individual welfare of the Javanese, conspicuously little was done in this regard. Instead the Javanese farmer became gradually more impoverished throughout the whole of the nineteenth century, with a particularly severe drop in living standards in the second half of the liberal period (1885–1900).

Economic Growth in France and Britain, 1830–1910: A Review of the Evidence

1984 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. F. R. Crafts
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
Labor Productivity ◽  
Capita Income ◽  
Per Capita Income ◽  
Unusual Pattern ◽  
Per Capita

Recent revisionist treatments of nineteenth-century French economic growth are examined and reveal that the pattern of economic growth in France was indeed substantially different from the unusual pattern in Great Britain. Labor productivity in French industry was probably lower than in Britain, contrary to the claims of O'Brien and Keyder, and neither growth of per capita income nor the level of income in France in 1910 was remarkable. The article thus supports a position between that of early writers and that of the recent revisionists.

scholarly journals ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rani Rahayu Nengsih
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Output Growth ◽  
Total Output ◽  
Development Indicators ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Distribution Of Income ◽  
Capita Output

Economic growth is the process of increasing per capita output in the long run. economic growth only discuss about how much output growth or how much gnp is received without questioning the largest source of contribution from the total output received. So it is not surprising if one of the development indicators cannot be used as a reflection of the distribution of income of a country. It is also not surprising, when a country experiences growth, the country will also face the problem of inequality in income distribution, so that the rich the richer the poor the poorer they become.

scholarly journals Seven Centuries of European Economic Growth and Decline

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 227-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger Fouquet ◽  
Stephen Broadberry
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Gdp Per Capita ◽  
Economic Decline ◽  
European Economic ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
European Economies

This paper investigates very long-run preindustrial economic development. New annual GDP per capita data for six European countries over the last seven hundred years paint a clearer picture of the history of European economic development. We confirm that sustained growth has been a recent phenomenon, but reject the argument that there was no long-run growth in living standards before the Industrial Revolution. Instead, the evidence demonstrates the existence of numerous periods of economic growth before the nineteenth century—periods of unsustained, but raising GDP per capita. We also show that many of the economies experienced substantial economic decline. Thus, rather than being stagnant, pre-nineteenth century European economies experienced a great deal of change. Finally, we offer some evidence that, from the nineteenth century, these economies increased the likelihood of being in a phase of economic growth and reduced the risk of being in a phase of economic decline.

Energy and Industrial Growth

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malanima Paolo ◽  
Astrid Kander ◽  
Paul Warde
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Capita Income ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Economic Structure ◽  
Necessary Condition ◽  
Per Capita Income ◽  
Industrial Growth ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Per Capita

This chapter considers the role that energy played in the industrial growth in nineteenth-century Europe. The economies of Europe grew more rapidly during the nineteenth century than at any previous period in history. This was not simply a consequence of the doubling of the population; per capita income rose as well. Given these facts it is hardly surprising that energy consumption also increased dramatically. Consumption of coal seems to have been a key part of economic growth, as measured by per capita income, and cheap energy was a necessary condition of the industrial revolution. The chapter first considers how coal development blocks contributed to growth in Europe during the period before discussing a number of long-run propositions, such as the strong complementarity between energy and capital. It concludes with an assessment of the link between energy intensity and economic structure.

The Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
André Villela
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Population Expansion ◽  
Long Period ◽  
Modern Economic Growth ◽  
Modern Economic ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Historical Developments

For most of the nineteenth century the Brazilian economy grew roughly in line with population expansion. As a result, increases in per capita incomes were modest at best and, even then, were visible mostly in the second half of the century. As the empire came to a close and the republic was ushered in, several obstacles that had previously stood in the way of faster growth were gradually overcome and modern economic growth set in. This chapter discusses the main factors accounting for this story of no/low economic growth, followed by faster per capita income increases from the turn of the nineteenth century onward. Inevitably, in such a complex story as that of economic growth over such a long period, social, political, and demographic factors will be combined with those more strictly “economic” to provide a more comprehensive account of the historical developments under examination.

scholarly journals Income Inequality among Various Occupations/Professions in Pakistan-Estimates Based on Household Income Per Capita

2002 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehboob Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Green Revolution ◽  
Income Per Capita ◽  
Income Inequalities ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Distribution Of Income

Introduction There is a long list of studies related to distribution of income in Pakistan. Most of these have been confined to the calculation of various measures of inequalities. These studies include Khadija Haq (1964), Bergan (1967) Mehmood (1984), Ercelawn (1988), Ahmad and Ludlow (1969) etc. Apart from these there are other studies including Jeetun(1978), Chaudhry (1982), Cheema and Malik (1984) Kruijk and Leeuwen (1985), Kruijk (1986), Kemal (1994), Jaffery and Khattak (1995), Chaudhary (1995) etc. Jeetun (1978) in his paper concentrated on consequences of economic growth on the level of inequality whereas Chaudhary (1982) tried to find out the impact of the Green Revolution on income inequalities. Cheema and Malik (1984) tried to find out the effects of different income policies on the consumption and level of employment in Pakistan. Kemal (1994) examined the impact of the adjustment period of Pakistan since the late 1970s on efficiency and equity.

scholarly journals economic development

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
cut jussara mufda
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Income Distribution ◽  
Gross Domestic Product ◽  
Distribution System ◽  
Living Standards ◽  
Gdp Per Capita ◽  
Domestic Product ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Per Capita

The cause of economic growth but not followed by the improvement of the income distribution system is because economic growth is measured by an increase in GDP (Gross Gross Domestic Product), namely the number of products in the form of goods and services produced within a country's territory in one year.Gross Domestic Product is always considered to be an indicator or determinant of living standards in a country. Therefore it is necessary to calculate GDP per capita. The calculation of Indonesia's GDP is carried out every year and always changes. The amount of GDP in Indonesia in 2016 is approximately 3,604 per capita and in 2018 it has decreased to 3,788 per capita after 2017 has increased to 3,875 per capita.Economic growth in Indonesia continues to increase along with the 4 components above which continue to be improved. Because GDP is a standard that has become a benchmark for economic growth, the 4 components that are continually being improved also encourage economic growth in Indonesia. This can be seen from 2019 Indonesia's GDP which increased compared to 2018. Investment that continues to increase then also increases GDP per capita in Indonesia in 2019.

scholarly journals Language Policy, Medium of Instruction and Economic Development of Countries in Kachru’s Concentric Circles of Asian Englishes

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-104
Author(s):  
Joel Torres ◽  
Myla Santos
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Language Policy ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Gdp Per Capita ◽  
Medium Of Instruction ◽  
Important Indicator ◽  
Concentric Circles ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
The Individual

Language and culture are indispensable elements to the economic growth of the individual and society. They represent an important indicator of the individual’s satisfaction and quality of life. This paper is an attempt to answer Grin and Arcand’s (2013) observation that the part that language might play in economic development has long intrigued scholars from various disciplines, and up to the present decade no clear story has emerged from the investigations published and the empirical evidence remains inconclusive. Thus, in an attempt to come up with empirical evidence to establish the link between language policy and language in education to economic growth, this paper reviews the language policies and medium of instruction (MOI)in six countries, two countries each from each circle in Kachru’s concentric circles of Asian Englishes. Each circle was represented by a country with high and low gross domestic product (GDP) per capita. To determine the effect of language policy and MOI to countries’ GDP per capita, analysis of the similarities on the language policy and MOI of countries with higher GDP and those with lower GDP was done.    

Population, Technology, and Economic Growth in the Roman World

2020 ◽  
pp. 39-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Erdkamp
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Capita Income ◽  
Significant Rise ◽  
Living Standards ◽  
Per Capita Income ◽  
Roman Economy ◽  
Roman World ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Returns To Labour

Archaeological data that show radically increased levels of consumption are combined with economic theory regarding population, technology, and economic growth. The purpose of this exercise is to understand both the scope and constraints of per-capita income, living standards, and consumption in a context of population growth. Malthusian models on economic and demographic developments in preindustrial societies have been fiercely debated by economic historians working on later periods. The fixity of land and the diminishing returns to labour were indeed constraining factors, but the more important factor was the ability of the economy to respond positively to the stimulus of population growth. The role of technological changes should not be overestimated, though. The most important technological progress in the Roman world does not concern new inventions, but the wider implementation of knowledge that had been available for centuries. Investment in human capital and innovation were no obstacles, as they were responses to rather than causes or preconditions of economic growth. An increase in output in the Roman economy can to a large extent be explained by the transfer of underemployed agricultural labour to more intensively utilized urban and rural non-agricultural labour. Against prevailing Malthusian views, it is argued that a significant rise in per-capita income in the Roman world resulted in higher average living standards and different consumption patterns, which in turn significantly changed the conditions not only of manufacturing and trade, but also of investment and innovation.

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