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OFFICIAL POVERTY MEASUREMENT IN INDONESIA SINCE 1984: A METHODOLOGICAL REVIEW
No full textThis article describes how the measurement of the official Indonesian poverty figures has evolved since 1984, when Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS), Indonesia's central statistics agency, published its first poverty report. Since then, BPS has on several occasions revised the underlying methodology for how it calculates poverty. These changes have, in general, improved the way that poverty in Indonesia is measured, but they make it difficult to compare poverty figures over time. In fact, only poverty estimates (at the national and provincial level) since 2007 are based on the same methodological approach. This article presents the first detailed description of official poverty measurement in Indonesia since Booth's (1993) study, in English, and Sutanto and Avenzora's (1999) study, in Indonesian. It constitutes a unique repository for anybody who wants to understand the technical details of official poverty measurement in Indonesia
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No full textHow Robust Is Indonesia's Poverty Profile? Adjusting for Differences in Needs
No full textPoverty profiles showing how the magnitude of poverty differs across subgroups of a population are important tools in designing effective social protection programs. Using data from the March 2013 round of the National Socio-economic Survey (Susenas) and the fourth round of the Indonesia Family Life Survey (2007-8), I explore the sensitivity of Indonesia's poverty profile to different assumptions about the relative costs of individuals, taking into account differences in age, gender, body weight, and physical activity levels. I adopt parameter estimates for my simulation exercises from various Indonesia-specific publications, as well as from a joint intergovernmental consultation on nutrition. I compare my estimates with the per capita scale used by Statistics Indonesia (BPS), the central statistics agency. My findings suggest that the age-poverty relationship in Indonesia is sensitive to assumptions about the relative costs of individuals, with all alternative scales showing substantially lower poverty incidence among young children than by BPS's estimate. Overall, however, I find that Indonesia's poverty profile is relatively robust
Quasi-experimental evidence for the causal link between fertility and subjective well-being
Full text linkThis article presents causal evidence on the impact of fertility on women's subjective well-being using quasi-experimental variation due to preferences for a mixed sibling sex composition (having at least one child of each sex). Based on a large sample of women from 35 developing countries, I find that having children increases mothers' life satisfaction and happiness. I further establish that the positive impact of fertility on subjective well-being can be explained by related increases in mothers' satisfaction with family life, friendship, and treatment by others
Disability and Its Correlates in a Developing Country Context: Evidence from Multiple Datasets and Measures
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Does the Chinese Diaspora Speed Up Growth in Host Countries?
No full textWe compiled a new, enhanced data set on the population share of overseas Chinese covering 147 countries over the period 1970-2010. Linking the migration and economic growth literature, this article attempts to estimate the impact of the Chinese diaspora on economic growth in host countries. Regression results from both, "Barro-type" and dynamic panel data models suggest that a country's initial relative endowment with overseas Chinese is positively related to subsequent growth. Results are robust to a number of sensitivity tests. The effect is transmitted via increased trade openness, enhanced investment, and general TFP effects. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Korea University research gran
Can mHealth campaigns improve CCT outcomes? Experimental evidence from sms-nudges in Indonesia
No full textEmploying a clustered RCT this paper examines the short-term impact of a 12-month mHealth
BCC campaign on health practices & outcomes among CCT beneficiaries in Indonesia. Our
analysis reveals that the intervention led to substantial improvements in maternal health
behavior (postnatal care, child vaccinations, hygiene practices) & outcomes (anemia rates).
Adopting a heterogeneous treatment effect framework, we further show that improvements in
maternal hygiene practices and anemia rates are closely linked to health knowledge gained
by mothers through the sms campaign. In contrast, we provide suggestive evidence that
improvements in other health indicators are more likely to be related to the reminder and
nudge components of the interventio
Can the female sarpanch deliver?
No full textThis study examines the impact of mandated reservations for female sarpanch (elected heads of gram panchayats) on perceptions of service delivery and women's democratic participation. Using survey data from Sangli district in Maharashtra, it finds that the availability of basic public services is significantly higher in female sarpanch villages compared to the male sarpanch villages when the former have been in the job for three to three-and-a-half years. Indeed, reservations have had a significant positive impact on the democratic participation of women in female sarpanch villages though the positive effects in terms of service delivery and democratic participation will take some more time to materialise
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