The Impact of Rising Inequality on Growth and Unemployment in Indonesia: What Does the Evidence Say?

Poverty and Inequality Analysis
  • Inequality has been on the rise on Indonesia during the last decade
  • Consumption inequality (inequality on how much households spend) affects future economic growth
  • Increases in education inequality (inequality on levels of educational attainment) have dire consequences for future unemployment rate
  • Rising inequality poses significant risk for the economy and human development
  • it is important to put policies in place to address inequality

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Author 
Athia Yumna
Asep Suryahadi
Research Area 
National
Keywords 
inequality
unemployment
consumption inequality
economic growth
Publication Type 
Briefs
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