How to influence social norms that drive behavior in relation to women’s participation in employment is not well understood. Providing randomly selected participants with information on the extent of (i)...
This policy note summarizes the findings of an online survey that sought to measure the extent of support for women with children working outside the home for pay. In a second survey the study investigated...
The COVID-19 pandemic and consequent measures to control the spread of the virus have had far-reaching effects on people’s livelihoods and on the country’s economy. By August 2020, six months into the...
The COVID-19 pandemic and consequent measures to control the spread of the virus have had far-reaching effects on people’s livelihoods and on the country’s economy. By August 2020, six months into the...
This study aims to investigate the economic gains from gender inclusion by constructing the Indonesian micro dataset at the individual level, aggregated to the province level over the 2010-2019 period...
The study identifies the important role of parents in the life plans particularly of young females. In nearly all cases, parents dominate the decision-making processes of daughters more than of sons. Here...
This paper studies the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Indonesia’s labor market by exploiting the exogeneous timing of the pandemic in a seasonal difference-in-differences framework. The analysis uses...
Strengthening the role of women and promoting gender equality are key priorities for the Timor-Leste government and essential for achieving the World Bank’s twin goals of eradicating extreme poverty and...
In 2018, Indonesia’s poverty rate fell below 10 percent for the first time; poverty rates had halved over the previous two decades, driven in large part by strong economic growth in the country. Continued...
As Indonesia endeavors to recover from Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the economic downturn, policy makers must consider all options to ensure back-to-work transitions move beyond past rigidities and are more...