Latest Publications

The Impact of Media on Behaviour: Evidence from Television Coverage Expansion and Declining Fertility in Indonesia

February, 2018 | Rika Kumala Dewi, Daniel Suryadarma, Asep Suryahadi
In this article, we examine the effect of an expansion of private television broadcast on fertility in Indonesia.

Tangible Information and Citizen Empowerment: Identification Cards and Food Subsidy Programs in Indonesia

February, 2018 | Sudarno Sumarto, Benjamin A Olken, Abhijit Banerjee, Rema Hanna, Jordan Kyle
In an experiment in over 550 villages, we test whether mailing cards with program information to targeted beneficiaries increase the subsidy they receive from a subsidized rice program.

Exploratory Study on the Impact of Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Program with a Child Labor Component Support in Sukabumi and Cianjur—West Java

February, 2018 | Muhammad Syukri, M. Sulton Mawardi, Vita Febriany, Rachma Indah Nurbani, Athia Yumna, Kartawijaya
This study is to identify possible impacts of the Conditional Cash Transfer program (PKH) with Child Labor support component.

Structural Transformation and the Release of Labor from Agriculture

February, 2018 | Asep Suryahadi, Joseph Natanael Marshan, Veto Tyas Indrio
Our study on structural transformation in employment in Indonesia has been published as a book chapter by Asian Development Bank (ADB).

Policy, Change and Paradox in Indonesia: Implications for the Use of Knowledge

January, 2018 | Ajoy Datta, Rachma Indah Nurbani, Gema Satria Mayang Sedyadi, Hans Antlov, Ishkak Fatonie, Rudy Sabri
This working paper explores the factors that shape policy processes in Indonesia, focussing on the types of knowledge that tends to be influential in shaping policy and why.