We examine the evolution of educational assistance in Indonesia, following two decades of government decentralization …, and its effect on education quality. Using Indonesia Family Life Survey data, we exploit as exogenous rule the variation … in the implementation of government decentralization to compute difference-in-difference estimators. Indicative evidence …

We examine the evolution of educational assistance in Indonesia, following two decades of government decentralization …, and its effect on education quality. Using Indonesia Family Life Survey data, we exploit as exogenous rule the variation … in the implementation of government decentralization to compute difference-in-difference estimators. Indicative evidence …

The implementation of fiscal decentralization in the last two decades has produced various findings: positive and … negative. Several studies have evaluated fiscal decentralization as an ideal system so that development goals can be accustomed … services compared to the central government. However, other studies consider that the fiscal decentralization that started in …

As one of the world’s largest emerging economies, Indonesia has experienced rapid economic growth and substantial …, Indonesia entered a new development phase that saw the fall of the Suharto government and new governance which moved highly … trends of poverty and inequality in Indonesia with a particular focus on the decentralisation period from 2001 to 2010.The …

This study is the first attempt to systematically examine the impact of bad governance practices in Indonesia on … poverty reduction. Indonesia is a country that has endured bad governance for a long period, but has also sustained … significant poverty reduction. Prior to the onset of the economic crisis in mid 1997, the problem of bad governance in Indonesia …

-scale Presidential Instruction Primary School construction programme (SD INPRES) rolled out in Indonesia in the 1970s to examine the …Indonesia each year allocates a large proportion of its total public spending to education and it is important to … effect of increased school supply on schooling attainment: overall, by gender, and by socioeconomic background. It also …

In 2020 admission to public school in Indonesia has switched from using a nationwide standardized exam into a “school … improvement after policy reform. However, I did not find evidence that this private school engaged in strategic behaviour more … than the public school. Similarly, there is no evidence that low-accredited schools inflate their student grades more. I …

This paper uses regression and matching techniques to evaluate Indonesia's Social Safety Net Scholarships Program. The … scholarships program was developed to try and prevent large numbers of children from dropping out of school as a result of the … Asian crisis. The expectation was that many families would find it difficult to keep their children in school and drop out …