77668 Drivers of Tree Cover Change in Indonesia - Linkages between Poverty and Palm Oil December 03, 2012 Disclaimer Please note that the discussion and results that follow represent correlations and not strictly causal estimates. While a good attempt has been made to account for common year trends and unobserved time-invariant heterogeneity, it would not be appropriate to think of the figures as strict causal estimates. Guide to Tables In each of the tables, we provide results for Sumatera and Kalimantan only, including both Kabupaten (districts) and Kota (cities). Tables 1-3 cover the 2000-2010 period and focus on small holders only (full sample). Tables 4-16 cover 2005, 2007-2010, the only time period for which we have data for small holders as well as large holders, i.e. private estates and SOEs (restricted sample). Tables 1 – 3 compare the poverty variables of interest, including the poverty rate, Gini, quintiles of real per capita expenditure and population percentage below multiples of the poverty line. The specifications used for Tables 1 - 3 are noted in the titles of the tables. Note that Table 1 is comparable to the work of Bill Wallace and Jon Jellema (“original specification�). In Table 2, we further add national palm oil price trends as an additional control. In Table 3 we include district and year fixed effects and cluster the standard errors at the district level. This econometrically augmented specification is possible, since we have more years of observations than the previous analysis carried out under Bill Wallace and Jon Jellema. Tables 4-14 take a specific poverty measure (e.g. Poverty Rate or Gini) and make comparisons across different sizes (total, small holders, large holders) and across specifications (original, econometrically augmented). The columns match according to the left hand side variables. We limit total (small holders + large holders) and small holders specifications only to years for which we have data on SOEs and Private holdings. Tables 15-16 examine the effect of combined land use and combined production (small holder and large holder) on per capita expenditure by quintiles and population percentage below multiples of the poverty lines to isolate which ownership is driving the results. 1 Finally, note that we use abbreviations for left hand side variables to allow tables to fit - dpov_rate (First difference in Poverty Rate), dGini_real (First difference in the real Gini Coefficient), dpcexp2_q`j' (First difference in real per capita expenditure – spatially and temporally adjusted - for quintiles j) and dPL`j’ (first difference in population percentage below the jth multiple of the poverty line. 2 Key Findings: 1. Sliced and diced from many directions; no significant and robust findings 2. Can reproduce results of Jon and Bill for poverty rate from 2009 (using 2005, 2007-2010), where a one-unit increase in total land under palm oil production decreases the poverty rate by 3 percentage points. BUT… a. If fixed effects are added, significance goes away b. If 10 years of data are used, only marginally significant (with national palm oil prices or year FE) AND do not find similar result with any of the other poverty measures, including the percentage of population below poverty line, which is directly comparable (need to further clarify with Matt!). c. Adding kotas makes no difference d. Adding national palm oil prices makes no difference 3. Results for Gini coefficient are weak. Find negative and significant effect of the production of large holders on the Gini (using 2005, 2007-2010), where a one-unit increase in production of large holders, increases the Gini 0.016 percentage points), BUT.. a. If fixed effects are added, significance goes away b. If 10 years of data are used, only marginally significant (with national palm oil prices) 4. Results are insignificant for the lowest two income quintiles and the multiples of the poverty line, which are in themselves consistent. However, the fact that we find insignificant results for the percentage of the population below the poverty line is concerning, as this variable should be directly comparable to the poverty rate. – need to follow up with Matt. 5. Results for quintile 3-4 indicate that per capita expenditure decreases for quintiles 3-5 for higher production in palm oil by large holders, where a hectare increase in large production lowers per capita expenditure by Rp. 1,222, Rp 3,179, Rp. 26,592 respectively. BUT... a. If fixed effects are added, significance goes away b. If 10 years of data are used, significance goes away c. If combine small and large holder land or production, significance goes away 3 Table 1: Original Specification comparable to Bill’s and Jon’s work (Initial Trends with No Year, District FE) – 2000-2010 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) VARIABLES dpov_rate dGini_real dpcexp2_q1 dpcexp2_q2 dpcexp2_q3 dpcexp2_q4 dpcexp2_q5 dPL10 dPL12 dPL15 dPL20 Change in Land Under P.O (Small) -2.139 0.0147* 1,858 3,050 4,186 5,934 20,759 0.481 0.967 1.705 1.547 (1.353) (0.00873) (2,505) (3,431) (4,414) (6,003) (12,748) (0.632) (1.386) (2.278) (2.577) Change in Production of P.O (Small) 0.995 -0.00846 -1,090 -1,769 -2,484 -3,820 -8,805 -0.0286 0.0755 -0.0800 0.180 (0.756) (0.00543) (1,557) (2,133) (2,744) (3,731) (7,925) (0.393) (0.862) (1.416) (1.601) Constant -3.197*** -0.0114 -2,677 -4,024 -5,208 -6,783 -15,153 0.0704 -0.366 -0.793 -1.757 (0.789) (0.00923) (2,536) (3,498) (4,501) (6,118) (13,269) (0.448) (1.078) (1.929) (2.362) Observations 635 659 659 659 659 659 659 659 659 659 659 R-squared 0.005 0.014 0.016 0.018 0.019 0.019 0.019 0.016 0.004 0.002 0.001 Standard errors in parentheses *** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.1 4 Table 2: Original Specification + National Price Movements (Initial Trends + National Price Movements with No Year, District FE) – 2000-2010 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) VARIABLES dpov_rate dGini_real dpcexp2_q1 dpcexp2_q2 dpcexp2_q3 dpcexp2_q4 dpcexp2_q5 dPL10 dPL12 dPL15 dPL20 Change in Land Under P.O (Small) -2.559* 0.0199 5,396 8,246 10,739 15,220 36,862 0.750 1.281 2.498 4.083 (1.513) (0.0152) (4,524) (6,213) (7,995) (10,875) (22,655) (1.139) (2.268) (3.598) (4.243) Change in Production of P.O (Small) 1.325 -0.0162* -2,749 -4,259 -5,820 -8,605 -20,561 -0.102 0.419 0.326 -0.561 (0.857) (0.00903) (2,696) (3,701) (4,763) (6,479) (13,473) (0.675) (1.345) (2.136) (2.522) Constant -6.421*** -0.0110 -4,322 -6,359 -8,190 -10,519 -16,746 0.929 2.304 2.226 -1.152 (1.266) (0.0126) (3,594) (4,977) (6,405) (8,707) (18,467) (0.789) (1.581) (2.552) (3.118) Observations 545 463 463 463 463 463 463 463 463 463 463 R-squared 0.022 0.017 0.023 0.025 0.025 0.025 0.017 0.018 0.043 0.055 0.043 Standard errors in parentheses *** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.1 5 Table 3: Original Specification + Year & District FE, District Clustered Standard Errors - 2000-2010 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) VARIABLES dpov_rate dGini_real dpcexp2_q1 dpcexp2_q2 dpcexp2_q3 dpcexp2_q4 dpcexp2_q5 dPL10 dPL12 dPL15 dPL20 Change in Land Under P.O (Small) -1.834* 0.00537 682.9 1,033 862.1 791.7 10,405 0.119 0.116 0.593 0.596 (0.939) (0.00952) (2,279) (3,202) (3,952) (5,259) (12,240) (0.537) (1.257) (1.860) (2.280) Change in Production of P.O (Small) 0.795 -0.000293 9.421 258.1 502.2 602.1 2,225 0.113 0.223 0.0842 0.689 (1.095) (0.00662) (1,902) (2,561) (3,231) (4,304) (8,995) (0.450) (0.943) (1.441) (1.689) Constant -0.173 0.0314** 13,052*** 19,583*** -17,062* 34,405*** 53,577*** 0.507 0.0544 1.775 6.096** (1.802) (0.0125) (4,378) (6,044) (10,277) (9,971) (18,118) (0.759) (1.251) (1.999) (2.839) Observations 635 659 659 659 659 659 659 659 659 659 659 R-squared 0.500 0.301 0.149 0.164 0.191 0.238 0.323 0.166 0.189 0.223 0.213 Robust standard errors in parentheses *** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.1 6 Table 4: Poverty Rate: Columns 1-3 are original specification (improved specifications are unavailable for this variable) and Columns 4-5 are original specification + Year & District FE, District Clustered Standard Errors – 2005, 2007-2010 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) VARIABLES dpov_rate dpov_rate dpov_rate dpov_rate dpov_rate Change in Land Under P.O (Total) -2.965*** -0.555 (1.101) (0.815) Change in Production of P.O (Total) -0.285 0.438 (0.706) (0.592) Change in Land Under P.O (Small) -2.462 -1.460 (2.161) (0.924) Change in Production of P.O (Small) 0.755 0.988 (1.355) (0.791) Change in Land Under P.O (Large) -0.00123 (0.00344) Change in Production of P.O (Large) 0.00192 (0.00322) Constant -0.688 -0.816 0.00516** -19.74*** -19.70*** (1.790) (1.850) (0.00227) (1.165) (1.024) Observations 349 335 71 359 348 R-squared 0.110 0.037 0.652 0.805 0.803 Standard errors in parentheses *** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.1 Note: There are not enough observations to run the econometrically augmented specification for large holders. 7 Table 5: Real Gini Coefficient: Columns 1-3 are original specification and Columns 4-6 are original specification + Year & District FE, District Clustered Standard Errors – 2005, 2007-2010 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) VARIABLES dGini_real dGini_real dGini_real dGini_real dGini_real dGini_real Change in Land Under P.O (Total) 0.00200 -0.00914 (0.00773) (0.00738) Change in Production of P.O (Total) -0.00355 0.000298 (0.00454) (0.00344) Change in Land Under P.O (Small) 0.00772 -0.00789 (0.0119) (0.0146) Change in Production of P.O (Small) -0.00706 -0.000817 (0.00860) (0.00639) Change in Land Under P.O (Large) -0.00564 -0.0175 (0.0197) (0.0376) Change in Production of P.O (Large) -0.0163** -0.00137 (0.00781) (0.00616) Constant -0.0147 -0.0148 -0.0107 0.104*** 0.0973*** 0.00498 (0.0153) (0.0154) (0.0149) (0.0154) (0.0137) (0.00655) Observations 432 413 141 457 446 141 R-squared 0.039 0.039 0.065 0.454 0.452 0.606 Standard errors in parentheses *** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.1 8 Table 6: Per Capita Income Q1 (Spatially & Temporally Adjusted): Columns 1-3 are original specification and Columns 4-6 are original specification + Year & District FE, District Clustered Standard Errors – 2005, 2007-2010 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) VARIABLES dpcexp2_q1 dpcexp2_q1 dpcexp2_q1 dpcexp2_q1 dpcexp2_q1 dpcexp2_q1 Change in Land Under P.O (Total) 2,690 -1,081 (1,989) (2,353) Change in Production of P.O (Total) -451.3 -426.2 (1,168) (744.2) Change in Land Under P.O (Small) 1,357 -223.2 (3,094) (2,971) Change in Production of P.O (Small) -1,032 -432.2 (2,241) (1,593) Change in Land Under P.O (Large) 1,563 4,905 (1,801) (3,467) Change in Production of P.O (Large) -10.07 -1,068 (713.6) (1,245) Constant -5,404 -5,619 1,892 24,844*** 23,712*** 1,534** (3,853) (3,966) (1,341) (6,448) (5,472) (721.8) Observations 432 413 141 457 446 141 R-squared 0.087 0.080 0.086 0.323 0.324 0.597 Standard errors in parentheses *** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.1 9 Table 7: Per Capita Income Q2 (Spatially & Temporally Adjusted): Columns 1-3 are original specification and Columns 4-6 are original specification + Year & District FE, District Clustered Standard Errors – 2005, 2007-2010 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) VARIABLES dpcexp2_q2 dpcexp2_q2 dpcexp2_q2 dpcexp2_q2 dpcexp2_q2 dpcexp2_q2 Change in Land Under P.O (Total) 4,131 -1,070 (2,712) (2,888) Change in Production of P.O (Total) -1,017 -1,025 (1,593) (1,079) Change in Land Under P.O (Small) 2,694 -136.9 (4,221) (3,790) Change in Production of P.O (Small) -1,873 -683.7 (3,057) (2,238) Change in Land Under P.O (Large) 908.1 92.86 (745.3) (982.8) Change in Production of P.O (Large) -149.0 209.9 (295.4) (308.6) Constant -6,611 -7,455 667.1 36,168*** 34,315*** 4,050*** (5,242) (5,401) (554.4) (8,667) (7,418) (283.8) Observations 432 413 141 457 446 141 R-squared 0.093 0.085 0.331 0.344 0.343 0.669 Standard errors in parentheses *** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.1 10 Table 8: Per Capita Income Q3 (Spatially & Temporally Adjusted): Columns 1-3 are original specification and Columns 4-6 are original specification + Year & District FE, District Clustered Standard Errors – 2005, 2007-2010 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) VARIABLES dpcexp2_q3 dpcexp2_q3 dpcexp2_q3 dpcexp2_q3 dpcexp2_q3 dpcexp2_q3 Change in Land Under P.O (Total) 5,607 -1,828 (3,530) (3,677) Change in Production of P.O (Total) -1,337 -1,160 (2,073) (1,342) Change in Land Under P.O (Small) 3,538 -1,518 (5,496) (4,867) Change in Production of P.O (Small) -2,363 -738.9 (3,980) (2,856) Change in Land Under P.O (Large) 1,813** 845.2 (895.6) (1,397) Change in Production of P.O (Large) -1,222*** -87.38 (355.0) (310.8) Constant -8,706 -9,607 -819.7 51,189*** 48,740*** 4,829*** (6,833) (7,041) (667.0) (11,072) (9,494) (272.9) Observations 432 413 141 457 446 141 R-squared 0.095 0.086 0.423 0.368 0.367 0.782 Standard errors in parentheses *** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.1 11 Table 9: Per Capita Income Q4 (Spatially & Temporally Adjusted): Columns 1-3 are original specification and Columns 4-6 are original specification + Year & District FE, District Clustered Standard Errors – 2005, 2007-2010 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) VARIABLES dpcexp2_q4 dpcexp2_q4 dpcexp2_q4 dpcexp2_q4 dpcexp2_q4 dpcexp2_q4 Change in Land Under P.O (Total) 8,095* -2,514 (4,890) (5,025) Change in Production of P.O (Total) -1,888 -1,648 (2,872) (1,824) Change in Land Under P.O (Small) 4,342 -2,076 (7,616) (6,891) Change in Production of P.O (Small) -3,332 -1,013 (5,516) (3,828) Change in Land Under P.O (Large) 800.4 -864.7 (2,511) (3,569) Change in Production of P.O (Large) -3,179*** -287.5 (995.4) (696.0) Constant -9,578 -10,808 66.96 79,554*** 76,072*** 7,913*** (9,449) (9,741) (1,869) (14,737) (12,632) (678.1) Observations 432 413 141 457 446 141 R-squared 0.094 0.084 0.125 0.417 0.415 0.715 Standard errors in parentheses *** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.1 12 Table 10: Per Capita Income Q5 (Spatially & Temporally Adjusted): Columns 1-3 are original specification and Columns 4-6 are original specification + Year & District FE, District Clustered Standard Errors – 2005, 2007-2010 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) VARIABLES dpcexp2_q5 dpcexp2_q5 dpcexp2_q5 dpcexp2_q5 dpcexp2_q5 dpcexp2_q5 Change in Land Under P.O (Total) 3,581 -12,422 (10,466) (8,619) Change in Production of P.O (Total) -3,257 640.0 (6,147) (3,667) Change in Land Under P.O (Small) 14,250 -5,995 (16,159) (12,821) Change in Production of P.O (Small) -8,224 -1,058 (11,697) (7,868) Change in Land Under P.O (Large) 1,853 -9,898 (25,949) (44,662) Change in Production of P.O (Large) -26,592** -222.3 (10,279) (6,227) Constant -24,388 -24,523 -8,020 180,752*** 171,873*** 19,877** (20,550) (20,892) (19,556) (23,557) (20,983) (8,078) Observations 432 413 141 457 446 141 R-squared 0.072 0.073 0.063 0.539 0.538 0.640 Standard errors in parentheses *** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.1 13 Table 11: Population Percentage Below Poverty Line: Columns 1-3 are original specification and Columns 4-6 are original specification + Year & District FE, District Clustered Standard Errors – 2005, 2007-2010 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) VARIABLES dPL10 dPL10 dPL10 dPL10 dPL10 dPL10 Change in Land Under P.O (Total) 0.309 -0.576 (0.565) (0.478) Change in Production of P.O (Total) 0.235 0.0189 (0.332) (0.169) Change in Land Under P.O (Small) 0.281 -0.256 (0.880) (0.679) Change in Production of P.O (Small) 0.143 0.0349 (0.637) (0.404) Change in Land Under P.O (Large) -0.495 -0.707 (0.594) (1.198) Change in Production of P.O (Large) -0.379 0.266 (0.236) (0.275) Constant 0.595 0.498 0.132 4.297** 3.851*** -0.699*** (0.995) (1.005) (0.418) (1.783) (1.462) (0.222) Observations 432 413 141 457 446 141 R-squared 0.016 0.008 0.385 0.256 0.253 0.622 Standard errors in parentheses *** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.1 14 Table 12: Population Percentage Below 1.2 x Poverty Line: Columns 1-3 are original specification and Columns 4-6 are original specification + Year & District FE, District Clustered Standard Errors – 2005, 2007-2010 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) VARIABLES dPL12 dPL12 dPL12 dPL12 dPL12 dPL12 Change in Land Under P.O (Total) -0.442 -1.800 (1.398) (1.166) Change in Production of P.O (Total) 0.932 0.543 (0.822) (0.513) Change in Land Under P.O (Small) 1.137 -0.000223 (2.173) (2.171) Change in Production of P.O (Small) 0.0543 0.153 (1.573) (1.090) Change in Land Under P.O (Large) -2.283 -1.152 (1.836) (4.842) Change in Production of P.O (Large) -0.505 0.290 (0.729) (0.938) Constant 0.203 0.00471 -0.458 8.033*** 7.101*** -1.536** (2.504) (2.535) (1.300) (2.999) (2.440) (0.704) Observations 432 413 141 457 446 141 R-squared 0.009 0.005 0.043 0.239 0.244 0.507 Standard errors in parentheses *** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.1 15 Table 13: Population Percentage Below 1.5 x Poverty Line: Columns 1-3 are original specification and Columns 4-6 are original specification + Year & District FE, District Clustered Standard Errors – 2005, 2007-2010 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) VARIABLES dPL15 dPL15 dPL15 dPL15 dPL15 dPL15 Change in Land Under P.O (Total) -0.651 -2.563 (2.334) (1.699) Change in Production of P.O (Total) 1.241 0.580 (1.371) (0.778) Change in Land Under P.O (Small) 2.774 0.707 (3.620) (2.930) Change in Production of P.O (Small) -0.596 -0.147 (2.622) (1.755) Change in Land Under P.O (Large) -1.848 1.419 (3.019) (7.101) Change in Production of P.O (Large) 0.371 1.131 (1.198) (1.290) Constant 0.0328 -0.540 1.690 11.12** 9.548*** -1.924* (4.227) (4.299) (2.146) (4.312) (3.561) (1.102) Observations 432 413 141 457 446 141 R-squared 0.008 0.007 0.032 0.274 0.281 0.582 Standard errors in parentheses *** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.1 16 Table 14: Population Percentage Below 2.0 x Poverty Line: Columns 1-3 are original specification and Columns 4-6 are original specification + Year & District FE, District Clustered Standard Errors – 2005, 2007-2010 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) VARIABLES dPL20 dPL20 dPL20 dPL20 dPL20 dPL20 Change in Land Under P.O (Total) 0.829 -1.960 (2.452) (2.091) Change in Production of P.O (Total) 0.779 0.176 (1.440) (0.810) Change in Land Under P.O (Small) 2.665 0.863 (3.796) (2.933) Change in Production of P.O (Small) -0.141 0.334 (2.749) (1.677) Change in Land Under P.O (Large) -0.124 4.501 (3.190) (5.730) Change in Production of P.O (Large) 1.385 1.216 (1.265) (1.260) Constant -2.634 -3.091 1.290 13.68** 12.14*** -2.217** (4.530) (4.618) (2.292) (5.476) (4.584) (1.074) Observations 432 413 141 457 446 141 R-squared 0.018 0.015 0.020 0.283 0.287 0.613 Standard errors in parentheses *** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.1 17 Table 15: Comparisons across variables with both large and small holders (Spatially & Temporally Adjusted): original specification + Year & District FE, District Clustered Standard Errors – 2005, 2007-2010 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) VARIABLES dpcexp2_q1 dpcexp2_q1 dpcexp2_q2 dpcexp2_q2 dpcexp2_q3 dpcexp2_q3 dpcexp2_q4 dpcexp2_q4 dpcexp2_q5 dpcexp2_q5 Change in Land Under P.O (Small) -1,319 1,428 1,495 469.7 1,539 (2,503) (1,207) (1,139) (2,333) (20,300) Change in Land Under P.O (Large) 4,181 102.2 1,313 -1,117 -17,334 (3,226) (874.5) (1,538) (3,163) (41,038) Change in Production of P.O (Small) -952.4 917.5 794.5 -181.9 -9,692 (1,564) (634.4) (595.5) (1,789) (13,954) Change in Production of P.O (Large) 538.4 267.7 158.4 -615.6 -1,308 (1,912) (705.8) (750.5) (2,459) (18,870) Constant 1,916*** 2,383*** 3,768*** 3,872*** 4,561*** 4,767*** 7,957*** 7,889*** 23,105*** 21,145* (702.2) (847.8) (261.8) (371.5) (286.6) (381.7) (677.0) (993.4) (6,940) (10,910) Observations 143 136 143 136 143 136 143 136 143 136 R-squared 0.608 0.589 0.700 0.693 0.784 0.786 0.733 0.710 0.685 0.640 Robust standard errors in parentheses *** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.1 18 Table 16: Comparisons across variables with both large and small holders (Poverty Lines): original specification + Year & District FE, District Clustered Standard Errors – 2005, 2007-2010 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) VARIABLES dPL10 dPL10 dPL12 dPL12 dPL15 dPL15 dPL20 dPL20 Change in Land Under P.O (Small) -0.164 -2.777 -0.857 4.272 (0.913) (2.917) (4.814) (5.583) Change in Land Under P.O (Large) -0.112 -0.419 1.472 3.762 (1.117) (3.868) (6.414) (6.058) Change in Production of P.O (Small) -1.038 -3.662* -3.024 0.0451 (0.684) (1.948) (2.763) (3.389) Change in Production of P.O (Large) 0.611 -0.0355 1.137 1.646 (0.738) (2.177) (3.190) (3.372) Constant -0.772*** -0.375 -1.242 -0.681 -2.335* -1.061 -3.566*** -1.987 (0.227) (0.334) (0.846) (0.947) (1.233) (1.442) (1.198) (1.456) Observations 143 136 143 136 143 136 143 136 R-squared 0.626 0.655 0.536 0.574 0.608 0.603 0.681 0.602 Robust standard errors in parentheses *** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.1 19