Indonesia’s Special Economic Zone programme (known as Integrated Economic Development Zones) had minimal impact on regional growth and welfare, largely because it targeted remote, low-potential areas and relied solely on tax incentives. Effective des...
Cash transfers improve sleep quality for household heads but not other family members, revealing how financial pressures burden those responsible for providing.
Indonesia aims to be one of the world's five largest economies by 2045. Which policies can help the country propel to the high-growth levels necessary to achieve this goal?
Slum upgrading programmes improve living conditions for low-skilled residents, but potentially at the cost of formal development and inefficient land allocation. Evidence from Indonesia reveals that these costs are largest close to the city centre, s...
Migration can act as a powerful tool for upward mobility. Evidence from Indonesia indicates that the benefits of migration depend on a household's initial education level, the age at which a child migrates, and the origin and destination locations.
Research in Indonesia shows that elevated night-time temperatures disturb sleep, hinder cognitive performance and increase impatience and irrational behaviour. These effects disproportionately impact vulnerable populations.
Access to 3G broadband internet in Indonesia reduced COVID-19 cases by approximately 45%, a relatively large impact compared to the effectiveness of other non-pharmaceutical interventions. Areas with higher literacy rates and a greater ability to tel...
New experimental methods, tested in Indonesia, can more accurately measure tax evasion by firms, revealing both the scale of tax evasion and providing insights into the characteristics associated with higher levels of evasion.
