Latest Publications

Learning from Home: A Portrait of Teaching and Learning Inequalities in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic

July, 2020 | Luhur Bima, Ulfah Alifia, Rezanti Putri Pramana, Arjuni Rahmi Barasa, Florischa Ayu Tresnatri, Shintia Revina
Highly varied learning facilities and support from parents among students, even in a class taught by the same teacher, leads to equally varied practices of learning from home. This widens even further learning inequalities among students.
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The (Lack of) Distortionary Effects of Proxy-Means Tests: Results from a Nationwide Experiment in Indonesia

July, 2020 | Sudarno Sumarto, Benjamin A Olken, Abhijit Banerjee, Rema Hanna
We ran a nationwide experiment in Indonesia where, in randomly selected provinces, the government added questions on flat-screen televisions and cell-phone SIM cards to the targeting census administered to 25 million households.

The Struggle to Recruit Good Teachers in Indonesia: Institutional and Social Dysfunctions

June, 2020 | Akhmadi , Rizki Fillaili, Aris Huang, Shintia Revina
Why is it so hard for Indonesia to recruit good teachers? We argue that the struggle to recruit good teachers are due to institutional, political economy, and social dynamics of the recruitment process. We will discuss three factors that underpin this issue

Preliminary Analysis of the Driving Factors behind Disparities in Distance Learning at the Elementary School Level

June, 2020 | Luhur Bima
In some regions in Indonesia, efforts to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic have been followed by the distance learning policy. As a result, teachers and students are required to be able to adapt to changes in the teaching-learning process.
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Employment Situations of Economic Sectors Impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic

June, 2020 | Hafiz Arfyanto, Ahmad Zuhdi Dwi Kusuma, Muhammad Adi Rahman
The COVID-19 pandemic-induced economic crisis has affected the labor force in Indonesia.
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