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The SMERU Research Institute aims to hold a policy dialogue on the absorption of the new labor force and vocational high school graduates during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Covid-19 remained the largest challenge for the Indonesian economy in 2021. In particular, Covid-19 case numbers hit a new high of about 50,000 cases per day in mid-July. In response, the government increased the contact tracing and testing of suspected positive cases, expanded its Covid-19 vaccination drive and introduced stricter mobility and activity restrictions (PPKM Darurat/PPKM Levels 1–4).
While the recovery phase after the 2018 natural disasters is still underway, the COVID-19 pandemic is an additional burden on households in the provinces of Central Sulawesi and West Nusa Tenggara.
The COVID-19 pandemic triggers the Indonesian economic contraction. This affects the domestic labor situation. This infographic shows data related to the sectoral labor dynamics during the COVID-19 pandemic throughout 2020 and the characteristics of workers in the real estate sector, as well as the vulnerability factor faced by the workers in this sector.
The COVID-19 pandemic worsens the Indonesian unemployment rate. This is a challenge not only for the national workeforce in general, but also for the young workers. Using the descriptive statistical method, this infographic presents data on the employment situation of the young workers, which is analyzed from the 2020 National Labor Force Survey (Sakernas) data.
