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We publish a variety of reports, working papers, policy briefs, and other publications for policymakers and the public. Explore our publications dating back to 1998.

Assessment of Policies to Improve Teacher Quality and Reduce Teacher Absenteeism

December, 2013 | Asep Suryahadi, Prio Sambodho
This paper assesses the policies that are in place to improve teachers’ classroom qualifications and competencies, as well as the efforts being made to ensure that teachers are not absent from teaching their classes.

2012 Annual Report

December, 2013 | The SMERU Research Institute

Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Households in Pekalongan City

December, 2013 | Asri Yusrina, Akhmadi
It provides information about household members’ characteristics and their living condition but does not include an instrument about income or expenditure of households

It’s All in the Timing: Household Expenditure and Labor Supply Responses to Unconditional Cash Transfers

December, 2013 | Samuel Bazzi, Sudarno Sumarto, Asep Suryahadi
This paper considers (i) how the timing of transfers affects household expenditure and labor supply responses, and (ii) how household expectations shape our interpretation of those responses. We study these issues in the context of a short-term program that provided quarterly unconditional transfers of US$30 to over 19 million households in Indonesia.

Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Households in Kota Pekalongan

November, 2013 | Asri Yusrina, Akhmadi
This study adds to the studies about the impact of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis (GFC) on Indonesia’s economy both at the macro- and microeconomic levels. Kota (City of) Pekalongan was chosen because of the facts that the city is a Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS) area in Indonesia and that there is household-level data available in the city.

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