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Employment and Re-Industrialisation in Post Soeharto Indonesia

Part of the Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific Book Series

DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-50566-8

ISBN: 978-1-137-50565-1

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK - Springer Journals

May 16, 2018

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Introduction

Tadjoeddin, Mohammad Zulfan; Chowdhury, Anis

Pages: 1 –37

[This chapter sets the scene for the entire study and provides a broad overview of the issue of employment and re-industrialisation from the perspective of Indonesia’s economic history since the mid-1960s. It concludes that Indonesia cannot follow the policies primarily based on low wages that...
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An Overview of Employment Situation

Tadjoeddin, Mohammad Zulfan; Chowdhury, Anis

Pages: 39 –71

[This chapter provides an in-depth analysis of employment situation in Indonesia, with particular emphasis on the quality of employment in line with the global discussion on decent work. Thus, in addition to conventional unemployment and employment data, this chapter examines a range of...
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Earnings, Productivity and Inequality

Tadjoeddin, Mohammad Zulfan; Chowdhury, Anis

Pages: 73 –101

[This chapter examines real wage-earnings, productivity and earnings inequality in Indonesia, disaggregated into provinces and economic sectors. It finds that the post-Asian financial crisis (AFC) and democratic Indonesia mimics the global trend of disconnection between wage and productivity...
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Wages, Employment, Productivity in the Manufacturing Sector

Tadjoeddin, Mohammad Zulfan; Chowdhury, Anis

Pages: 103 –121

[This chapter examines the dynamics of wage inequality and productivity in the manufacturing sector, arguably the most dynamic sector in the economy. The manufacturing sector maintains its role as the largest contributor to the overall gross domestic product (GDP) and is the main engine of...
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Determinants of Employment, Wage and Productivity

Tadjoeddin, Mohammad Zulfan; Chowdhury, Anis

Pages: 123 –152

[This chapter econometrically investigates the determinants of real wage, productivity and employment in the manufacturing sector by firm size and factor intensity. This exercise is important to identify policy instruments in order to influence their trends at various levels to achieve the...
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Inequality, Employment and Manufacturing: Spatial Dimensions

Tadjoeddin, Mohammad Zulfan; Chowdhury, Anis

Pages: 153 –188

[This chapter provides a regional perspective on the broad trends in employment, wages and productivity. It begins with a brief discussion of the context and an overview of spatial inequalities in Indonesia. It also contains results of an empirical exercise relating formal employment, real wage,...
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Policy Perspectives

Tadjoeddin, Mohammad Zulfan; Chowdhury, Anis

Pages: 189 –218

[This chapter reviews government policies with regard to industrialisation, regional development, employment and minimum wages. While the focus is on the post-Soeharto period, it also briefly reviews the policy framework of the Soeharto regime. Given the systemic change that occurred following...

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