How Important Are Labor Markets to the Welfare of Indonesia's Poor?

Mason, Andrew D.; Baptist, Jacqueline

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“…BPS defines underemployment as working 35 hours per week or less. 8 Meanwhile, working less than 15 hours per week is defined as severe underemployment (Mason and Baptist 1996).…”

Section: Full Employment Underemployment and Severe Underemploymentmentioning

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“…Men Women underemployment has worsened among male and female workers in both urban and rural areas between 1993 and 2010. Table 6 in Mason and Baptist (1996). Notes: Severe underemployment is less than 15 hours a week worked.…”

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“…These are defined solely based on the number of hours worked in a week. Sources: Mason and Baptist (1996) and Sakernas (2010).…”

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“…The per capita gross domestic product (GDP) at constant 2011 purchasing power parity (PPP) has more than doubled in 2012 from 1990. The last few decades also saw a substantial reduction in the proportion of Indonesian population living in absolute poverty, from 60% in 1970 (Mason and Baptist 1996) to only 12% in 2012 (World Bank 2014).…”

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New Evidence on the Gender Wage Gap in Indonesia

Taniguchi

Tuwo²

2014

SSRN Journal

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Indonesia has been experiencing impressive economic growth and rapid urbanization in recent years. However, urbanization could affect income inequality through people's movement from rural to urban areas. Using the 2010 National Labor Force Survey (Sakernas) in Indonesia, this study examines how monthly wages are distributed between male and female workers and tests whether a wage gap exists between them. Regression results reveal that urbanization tends to benefit male workers more favorably, in terms of monthly wages, than female workers. The wage gap tends to be wider among younger workers, particularly among those who are underemployed and severely underemployed. It is also greater among public sector workers than those in the private sector. Gender wage gap in Indonesia is mainly due to gender discrimination. An act to equalize opportunity and wages among workers, especially in the public sector, is proposed. Required Publisher's StatementThis article was first published by the Asian Development Bank (www.adb.org). The authors are highly indebted to Charles Horioka (University of the Philippines), Yoko Niimi (ADB), Sonomi Tanaka (ADB), Sakiko Tanaka (ADB), and Manami Suga (ADB) for their insightful comments. They would also like to thank the participants of the seminar hosted by the Economics and Research Department and the Gender Equity Community of Practice at ADB. All remaining errors are our own. The views expressed in this paper are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) or its Board of Governors or the governments they represent. ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANKADB does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this publication and accepts no responsibility for any consequence of their use.By making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area, or by using the term "country" in this document, ADB does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. Note: In this publication, "$" refers to US dollars.The ADB Economics Working Paper Series is a forum for stimulating discussion and eliciting feedback on ongoing and recently completed research and policy studies undertaken by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) staff, consultants, or resource persons. The series deals with key economic and development problems, particularly those facing the Asia and Pacific region; as well as conceptual, analytical, or methodological issues relating to project/program economic analysis, and statistical data and measurement. The series aims to enhance the knowledge on Asia's development and policy challenges; strengthen analytical rigor and quality of ADB's country partnership strategies, and its subregional and country operations; and improve the quality and availability of statistical data and development indicators for monitoring development effectiveness.

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“…BPS defines underemployment as working 35 hours per week or less. 8 Meanwhile, working less than 15 hours per week is defined as severe underemployment (Mason and Baptist 1996).…”

Section: Full Employment Underemployment and Severe Underemploymentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Full Employment Underemployment and Severe Underemploymentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These are defined solely based on the number of hours worked in a week. Sources: Mason and Baptist (1996) and Sakernas (2010).…”

Section: Full Employment Underemployment and Severe Underemploymentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Tuwo²

2014

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“…Entre 1976 et 1991, malgré un taux de croissance démographique encore trop élevé, le nombre total des pauvres est tombé de 54 à 27 millions (Biro Pusat Statistik, 1992). Certes, de telles évaluations émanent de sources officielles, donc sujettes à caution, mais plusieurs auteurs indépendants en ont corroboré la validité (Wiebe, 1994;Mason et Baptist, 1996). D'autres indices de progrès social vont dans le même sens.…”

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The Consequences of Doubling the Minimum Wage: The Case of Indonesia

Rama¹

2001

ILR Review

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Indonesian minimum wages were tripled in nominal terms, and doubled in real terms, in the first half of the 1990s. The author analyzes data from the 1993 labor force survey to evaluate the effects of this hike on wage earnings and wage employment. The results suggest that the minimum wage hike had a modest impact on Indonesian labor market outcomes, increasing average wages by 5-15% and decreasing urban wage employment by 0-5%. The employment effects, however, varied substantially by firm size: small firms apparently experienced substantial decreases in employment, whereas some large firms actually saw their employment increase. Workers in those large firms, the author concludes, are the evident winners from the minimum wage hike. A fter almost two decades during whichIndonesian minimum wages were more a symbol than a real safeguard, in the first half of the 1990s the government approved large increases, tripling the minimum wage in nominal terms and doubling it in real terms. Several reasons are usually cited to explain that dramatic shift in labor market policies. Some observers point to international pressures, particularly concerns by U.S. consumers and trade unions that Indonesia was violating workers' rights. In 1991, a well-known American shoe firm

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How Important Are Labor Markets to the Welfare of Indonesia's Poor?

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New Evidence on the Gender Wage Gap in Indonesia

New Evidence on the Gender Wage Gap in Indonesia

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The Consequences of Doubling the Minimum Wage: The Case of Indonesia

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