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The empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (PWD) has recently attracted the attention of the Indonesian government. Several initiatives have been made to empower their life, especially the establishment of Act No. 8/2016 which enhances their right to inclusive economic activities. This study aims to map PWD in Indonesian labor market. Specifically, it analyzes the characteristics of employed and unemployed PWD. It explored Labor Force Survey (Sakernas), which began to concern on disability issue in 2016. The results show that PWD prevalence varies highly among provinces led by West Sumatera, East Nusa Tenggara, and South Sulawesi and that PWD has lower labor participation rate than that of PWOD. It may indicate the significant presence of discouraged workers among PWD. Keywords: persons with disabilities; labor market; inclusive economic activities; labor participation rate; discouraged workers AbstrakPemerintah Indonesia telah menaruh perhatian atas pemberdayaan penyandang disabilitas. Beberapa inisiatif telah dilakukan, terutama melalui Undang-Undang Nomor 8/2016 yang meningkatkan hak mereka atas kegiatan ekonomi inklusif. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memetakan penyandang disabilitas di pasar tenaga kerja Indonesia. Secara khusus, penelitian ini menganalisis karakteristik penyandang disabilitas yang bekerja dan menganggur menggunakan data Survei Angkatan Kerja Nasional yang mulai memperhatikan masalah disabilitas sejak 2016. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa keberadaan penyandang disabilitas sangat bervariasi, dengan jumlah tertinggi di Sumatera Barat, Nusa Tenggara Timur, dan Sulawesi Selatan, dan bahwa penyandang disabilitas memiliki tingkat partisipasi angkatan kerja yang lebih rendah daripada non-penyandang. Hal ini mengindikasikan keberadaan pekerja yang putus asa yang signifikan di kalangan penyandang disabilitas. Kata kunci: penyandang disabilitas; pasar tenaga kerja; kegiatan ekonomi inklusif; partisipasi angkatan kerja; pekerja putus asa

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The COVID-19 pandemic has put immense pressure on the fiscal situation. Central revenues have decelerated while expenditures had to be increased to facilitate economic recovery. Local governments faced even harder challenges as intergovernmental transfers were reduced and room for mobilizing alternative finances was limited. This paper employs qualitative and secondary data analysis on local budget and fiscal capacities at the subnational level in Indonesia to find insights into the implications and responses of the provincial government in a decentralized economy during the pandemic. Provinces with a high dependence on intergovernmental transfer are struggling to adopt a countercyclical mitigative fiscal policy. However, provinces with high local own-source revenue have suffered the most during the crisis as low economic activity reduced tax revenues and indirectly lead to lower fiscal space. As fiscal policy is critical to containing the pandemic and facilitating recovery, this paper proposes several strategies toward a more sustainable fiscal policy for rebuilding local government capacity in the medium-to-long term in the aftermath of the crisis.