We analyze the local effect of exogenous shocks to the value of mineral deposits on a panel of manufacturing plants in Indonesia. We introduce heterogeneity in natural resource extraction methods, which helps to explain the mixed evidence found in the ‘Dutch disease’ literature. In districts where mineral extraction is relatively capital intensive, mining booms cause virtually no upward pressure on manufacturing wages, and both producers of more heavily traded and relatively less-traded manufacturing goods benefit from mining booms in terms of employment. In contrast, labor-intensive mining booms drive up local wages such that heavily traded goods producers respond by reducing employment.

我们分析了外来冲击对印尼一组制造工厂中矿床价值的局部影响。我们在自然资源提取方法中引入了异质性，这有助于解释在“荷兰病”文献中发现的混合证据。在矿产开采相对资本密集的地区，矿业繁荣几乎不会对制造业工资造成任何上行压力，贸易量较大和制造业相对贸易较少的生产商都将从矿业繁荣中受益。相比之下，劳动密集型的采矿业繁荣推动了当地工资的上涨，因此，贸易量大的商品生产商通过减少就业来做出回应。