The Long Run Consequences of The Opium Concessions on Ethnic Animosity in Java

• In Event: JSS SESSION: Rich and Poor

Brief Overview

I examine the consequences of the opium system in 19th century Java, an arrangement where the Dutch leased the right to sell opium to Chinese. I find that villages within the boundaries of this system report higher levels of intolerance today.

Author

• Nicholas Kuipers, University of California-Berkeley