Latest Publications

The Effects of Parental Death and Chronic Poverty on Children’s Education and Health: Evidence from Indonesia

January, 2009 | Daniel Suryadarma, Yus Medina Pakpahan, Asep Suryahadi
Using a sufficiently long-spanning longitudinal dataset, we estimate the short and long term effects of maternal and paternal death on children’s school enrollment, educational attainment, and health in Indonesia, then compare them to the effect of chronic poverty.

Health Sector Trends Data Based on Susenas 1995–2006

January, 2009 | Silvia Devina, Wenefrida Dwi Widyanti, Fitri Huriyati
This data on health sector trends is based on the Susenas dataset of 1995-2006, which was collected by Statistics Indonesia (BPS).

Indonesia’s Transition to Decentralized Governance: Evolution at the Local Level

January, 2009 | Widjajanti Isdijoso
This chapter highlights the dynamics of the implementation of the decentralization reform at the local level in the first two years of the process as well as some related issues and concerns.

The Relationship between Chronic Poverty and Household Dynamics: Evidence from Indonesia

January, 2009 | Wenefrida Dwi Widyanti, Asep Suryahadi, Sudarno Sumarto, Athia Yumna
This study aims to empirically examine the significance of household dynamics in falling into and escaping from chronic poverty.

Agricultural Demand Linkages and Growth Multipliers in Rural Indonesia

January, 2009 | Asep Suryahadi, Daniel Suryadarma, Sudarno Sumarto, Jack Molyneaux
This study finds that the growth of the agricultural sector strongly induces the growth of the non-agricultural sector in rural areas.