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Poverty, Labour Markets and Trade Liberalization in Indonesia

Kis-Katos, Krisztina; Sparrow, Robert - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

We measure the effects of trade liberalization over the period of 1993-2002 on regional poverty levels in 259 Indonesian regions, and investigate the labour market mechanisms behind these effects. The identification strategy relies on combining information on initial regional labour and product...

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The Role of Economic Fundamentals in Explaining Indonesian Currency Crisis

Khusaini, Moh. - International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young … - 2002

the currency crisis in Indonesia in the 1990’s. This study has an objective: to analyze the role of the ratio of M2 to … explaining the currency crisis in Indonesia during period of observation. Using time series quarterly data for Indonesia spanning …

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A Note on Height and Surnames: The Role of Networks

Hassink, Wolter; van Leeuwen, Bas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Many studies indicate that human height is determined largely by childhood circumstances, which in turn influences an adult's labor market opportunities. The aim of this note is to test this thesis by examining the correlation between childhood circumstances and labor market outcomes on the one...

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Linking expenditure assignments and intergovernmental grants in Indonesia

Martinez-Vazquez, Jorge; Boex, Jameson; Ferrazzi, Gabe - International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young … - 2004

Indonesia is currently in the process of evaluating and revising the decentralization legislation and the progress made … possibility, and address other shortcomings in the decentralization framework, the Government of Indonesia (GOI) is in the process …

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Does Fiscal Decentralization Strengthen Social Capital? Cross-Country Evidence and the Experiences of Brazil and Indonesia

Mello, Luiz de - International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young … - 2010

-specific regressions for Brazil and Indonesia on account of these countries’ experiences with fiscal decentralisation. The results show …

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Capital Mobility Among Provices in Indonesia

Widjaja, Muliadi - International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young … - 2002

This paper examines the flows of capital within Indonesia. The hypothesis being that capital is perfectly mobile among … regions with Indonesia, and that capital is concentrated in the Java and Sumatra islands. To test the hypothesis, savings and …

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Child Labor and Trade Liberalization in Indonesia

Kis-Katos, Krisztina; Sparrow, Robert - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

We examine the effects of trade liberalization on child work in Indonesia. Our estimation strategy identifies …

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The Effect of Money Supply and Government Expenditure Shock in Indonesia: Symmetric or Asymmetric?

Adrison, Vid - International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young … - 2002

It has been more then four years since the economic crisis in Indonesia. While other Asian countries such as South … Korea and Malaysia have shown significant improvement, Indonesia seems to have the slowest economic recovery process. In …, since Indonesia currently has a huge debt burden, it is not necessary for the government to increase its expenditures, since …

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How Should Revenues From Natural Resources Be Shared?

Bahl, Roy; Tumennasan, Bayar - International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young … - 2002

, “how large a share?” The objective in this paper is to evaluate the system of sharing natural resource revenue in Indonesia … importance of the issue and try and place the practice in Indonesia in some comparative perspective. Second, we argue the case … system of natural resource revenue sharing in Indonesia. …

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Can Indonesia Decentralize? Plans, Problems, and Prospects

Alm, James; Aten, Robert H.; Bahl, Roy - International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young … - 2000

Indonesia is engaged in an unprecedented major social and economic experiment in which much authority and …, Indonesia is likely to become one of the most decentralized if this process is successful. This paper addresses the major issues … that are arising as the Government of Indonesia (GOI) efforts to prepare for decentralization are being finalized and the …

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