Policy Research
The objective of this study is to develop concrete recommendations on suitable livelihood opportunities for PKH recipient families, as well as the institutional arrangements and delivery systems to ensure PKH families can access these opportunities.
Even though the quantity and quality of Indonesia’s research continue to increase, many research findings have not been used to formulate public policy. We view that it is important to use evidence and recommendations from a research study to enrich stakeholders’ perspective in policymaking that would impact the welfare of many people’s lives.
In general poverty reduction uses two approaches: economic development to increase income, and community empowerment to improve the capacity of human resources. The success of poverty reduction schemes is determined, among others, by its policy and targeting accuracy. The policy can be targeted at the community, family, or individual which is disaggregated by age and gender.
This paper examines the feasibility of an income-contingent loan (ICL) system to finance higher education in Indonesia. Using graduates’ income data from the 2015 National Labor Force Survey (Sakernas), we model the life-cycle income distribution of university graduates using unconditional quantile regression.
