Jurnal Ekonomi dan Studi Pembangunan (Journal of Economics and Development Studies)
Vol 8, No 1 (2016)

Dekomposisi Perubahan Ketimpangan di Indonesia Tahun 2005-2014

Ananda Dellina Putri (Program Pascasarjana Ilmu Ekonomi, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia)
Teguh Dartanto (Program Pascasarjana Ilmu Ekonomi, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
19 Jul 2016

Abstract

Income inequality in Indonesia has been worse for the past ten years, therefore the right policy is really needed to reduce inequality. However, to know what is the right policy that can reduce income inequality, studies about the inequality itself is necessary. The purpose of this study is to give picture about in what condition high inequality happened and why inequality increased. The methods used are static decomposition and decomposition of changes inequality or dynamic decomposition. The result of this study show that highest inequality happened between population with different education level of household head. There was indication that education level of household head already increased, but it still did not contribute significantly to reduce inequality. Therefore to reduce inequality, Indonesian people should be supported to increase their education level.    Keywords: changes inequality; dynamic decomposition; inequality; static decomposition

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jesp

Publisher

Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

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Jurnal Ekonomi dan Studi Pembangunan focuses on scientific papers related to development economics include critical analysis of economic development issues, local economic development, community economic development, economic growth, international trade and finance, fiscal and monetary policy, ...