Table 1

Datasets

Year of Survey/ObservationSource
Local surveys
 Farm householdsa2012; 2015; 2018Primary data collected by authors
Spatial data
 Location of palm oil mills1922–2022Benedict et al. (2023)
 Forest cover in Indonesia2000; 2005; 2010; 2012Margono et al. (2014)
 Large-scale oil palm plantations2000; 2005; 2010; 2015Austin et al. (2017)
 Max. attainable yield of different crops1961–1990 (baseline data)Global agro-ecological zones data
National surveys
 National labor force survey (SAKERNAS)2000–2015Badan Pusat Statistik
 Tree Crops Statistics2000–2015Ministry of Agriculture
 National village survey (PODES)2001; 2003; 2006; 2011; 2014Badan Pusat Statistik
Indonesian census2000; 2010IPUMS International database
  • a n = 683 per survey round.