‘Poverty and the Labour Market in Indonesia: Employment Trends across the Wealth Distribution', is among Indonesia …'s first papers on the relationship between poverty and the labour market. It provides a detailed analysis of employment … growth rates, the creation of millions of new jobs, and a strong decrease in poverty rates in recent years, many Indonesians …

There is little doubt that economic growth contributes significantly to poverty reduction; however, countries clearly … differ in the degree to which income growth translates into reduced levels of poverty. Although cross-country estimates … suggest that differences in the responsiveness of poverty to income growth account for a small fraction of overall differences …