TY - JOUR PY - 2002// TI - Race, Inequality, and Anti-Chinese Violence in the Netherlands Indies JO - Explorations in economic history A1 - Chandra, Siddharth SP - 88 EP - 112 VL - 39 IS - 1 N2 - Movements in wages for subjects of the Netherlands Indies for the period 1908-1917 are analyzed. The analysis reveals a sharp increase in inequality between the ethnic indigenous and Chinese communities between 1910 and 1916, the period of the birth and rise of the anti-Chinese Sarekat Islam movements in Java. It also reveals that this inequality was most severe in a number of residencies of Java, where the movements first took hold. While there is statistical evidence of a link between interracial wage differentials and anti-Chinese violence, there is no link between absolute wages and violence. This evidence suggests that "relative deprivation" is important in understanding ethnic tension.

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