Latest Publications

Giving Schools and Teachers Autonomy in Teacher Professional Development Under a Medium-Capability Education System

January, 2023 | Rezanti Putri Pramana, Niken Rarasati
We aim to understand how the schools and teachers respond to the new teacher professional development system.

Annual Report 2021

January, 2023 | The SMERU Research Institute
SMERU keeps adapting to ensure its research and operational activities run smoothly. The Institute started conducting field studies with different methods and implemented health protocols for certain offline activities in 2021.

Heterogeneous Impact of Internet Availability on Female Labor Market Outcomes in an Emerging Economy: Evidence from Indonesia

January, 2023 | Niken Kusumawardhani, Nurmala Selly Saputri, Daniel Suryadarma, Rezanti Putri Pramana
In this paper, the authors examine the effect of internet availability on five dimensions of women's labor market outcomes in Indonesia, focusing on the heterogeneity in the impact of internet availability on female labor market outcomes.

Understanding Metropolitan Poverty: The Profile of Poverty in Jabodetabek

January, 2023 | Asep Suryahadi, Cecilia Marlina
This book presents twelve original chapters divided into three parts that discuss the achievements and challenges of Indonesia’s transformation since the fall of Suharto’s authoritarian regime in 1998.

The Impact of COVID-19 Lockdowns on Household Income, Consumption, and Expectations: Evidence from High-frequency Data in Indonesia

January, 2023 | Asep Suryahadi, Affandi Ismail, Masagus M. Ridhwan, Jahen F. Rezki, Arief Ramayandi
This paper presents an investigation of the causal impact of COVID-19, through lockdowns, on household income, income expectations, consumption of durable goods, and budget allocation in Indonesia using high-frequency data from the monthly Bank Indonesia consumer survey with more than 176,000 respondents.
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