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The 'principal agent' problem in Indonesian politics
The main drivers of the principal agent problem in politics are conflicts of interest and asymmetric information between politicians and their constituents.
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Fixing the minimum wage hike: Does it matter?
In signaling pro-market policies, the government needs to implement short-term “quick wins” and strategic long-term policies, emphasizing its commitment to sustaining inclusive growth and promoting labor welfare.
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Investing in quality 'second chance' education
Building a mechanism to ensure access for second chance education is a key to addressing the issues of child labor as well as youth employment.
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May Day rally as part of labor union's strategic action
Since the fall of the authoritarian Soeharto regime in 1998, thousands of workers from numerous labor unions across the country have taken to the streets every May 1st to mark International Labor Day or “May Day”.
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Fuel-price policy and social protection floor in Indonesia
To ensure sustainability, we have to integrate all the existing scattered social-protection policies and programs, extend coverage to the uncovered and link to job-creation programs.
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The dispute over minimum wages in Indonesia: Who's to decide how much is enough?
Developing a comprehensive and universal social protection floor to substitute the statutory minimum wage policy would be a plausible public policy option that Indonesia needs to seriously consider.
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Covering the uncovered: Making Indonesian social security work
Despite the fact that social protection is a recognized universal human right, 80 percent of the world's population is not yet covered by social security.
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Is a flexible labour market stabilizing unemployment, or a rigid thing?
It is evident that economic liberalization—such as business cycle swings, technological job displacement, and foreign competition—has eroded, if not eliminated, workers’ social protection, something for which workers’ organizations had struggled for many decades before finding success.
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