in terms of employment opportunities, labor market earnings, and access to tertiary education in Indonesia. With data … students in 1997 to examine their schooling and employment status in 2000. The findings demonstrate that: (1) attendance at … vocational secondary schools results in neither market advantage nor disadvantage in terms of employment opportunities and …

not experienced growth in employment, a phenomenon observed elsewhere in transitional economies and labeled as "jobless …

, and low-paid. Widespread informality means that the poor neither benefit from the minimum wage policy nor from employment … protection legislation. They do not benefit from wage growth either, because their bargaining power is weak. Good jobs are so few …-paid laborers. The reduction of in-work poverty hinges on removing constraints to gainful employment in both supply side (better …

middle class overall, men and women will report a lack of education and appropriate skills as barriers to both employment and …