RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

[New] “In Pursuit of Power: Land Tenancy Contracts and Local Political Business Cycles in Indonesia”. September 2024. (with Takashi Kurosaki and Saumik Paul). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization [Link]

[New] “Assessing the level of poverty and utilization of government social programs among tobacco farmers in Indonesia”. March 2024. (with Gumilang Sahadewo, Raphael Lenchuca, Shashika Bandara, and Jeffrey Drope). Nicotine and Tobacco Research [Link]

“When Transparency Fails: Financial Incentives for Local Banking Agents in Indonesia”. June 2023.(with Erika Deserranno and Gianmarco León-Ciliotta ). The Review of Economics and Statistics. [Link] [Working paper] [VoxDev article]

“Migrant status and the wellbeing gap: The case of an ethnically diverse, high-conflict area in Indonesia”. January 2023. (with Kate Sollis, Budy Resosudarmo, Riswandi, and Julius Ary Mollet). Journal of Happiness Studies [Link]

“Women’s fertility and allostatic load in the post-reproductive years: An analysis of the Indonesian Family Life Survey”. 2023. (with Tiziana Leone and Heini Väisänen). Population Studies DOI: 10.1080/00324728.2022.2160004 [Link]

“The Unfolding of Women’s Economic Empowerment Outcomes: Time Paths of Impact in an Indonesia Trial”. 2022. (with Mayra Buvinic and James C. Knowles). World Development Volume 158, October 2022, 105974. [Link]

“COVID-19 and Health Systems Challenges of Non-communicable Diseases”. 2021. In Lewis, BD and F Witoelar (eds.) Economic Dimensions of Covid-19 in Indonesia: Responding to the Crisis. 2021. Singapore: ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. (with Riyana Miranti).[Link]

“Change in Clinical Knowledge of Diabetes among Primary Health Care Providers in Indonesia: A Repeated Cross-Section Survey of 5,105 Primary Health Care Facilities”. 2020.(with D. Stein, N. Sudharsanan, S. Dewi, J.Manne-Gohler, and P. Geldsetzer). BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care. [DOI]

“Tobacco or Not Tobacco: Predicting Farmers Income in Indonesia”. 2020. Tobacco Control (with Gumilang Sahadewo, Jeffrey Drope, Qing Li, and Nigar Nargis). [DOI]

“Indonesia Family Life Survey”. 2019. Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. (with John Strauss). Editors: Gu, Danan, Dupre, Matthew E. (Eds.). Springer International Publishing. [DOI]

“Early Experience and Later Outcomes of Education: Schooling Transition Evidence from Indonesia”. 2019. Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies , (with Teguh Yudo Wicaksono) 55:1, 29-60 [DOI]

“Intergenerational Correlations of Health Among Older Adults: Empirical Evidence from Indonesia”. Journal of Economics of Ageing 2014. (with Younoh Kim, John Strauss, and Bondan Sikoki). [DOI]

“Risk Sharing within the Extended Family: Evidence from the Indonesia Family Life Survey”. 2013. Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 62(1), pages 65 - 94.[DOI]

“Cutting the Costs of Attrition: Results from the Indonesia Family Life Survey”. 2012. Journal of Development Economics (2012) 98(1). (with Duncan Thomas, Elizabeth Frankenberg, Bondan Sikoki, John Strauss, Cecep Sumantri, and Wayan Suriastini).[DOI]

“Intra-household Differences in Education and Home-Leaving in Indonesia”. 2006. ASEAN Economic Bulletin 23(1) Riding Along a Bumpy Road: Indonesian Economy in an Emerging Democratic Era (April 2006) [Link]

BOOKS

In Sickness and in Health: Diagnosing Indonesia. 2022. Singapore: ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute (editor, with Ariane Utomo). ISBN: 978-981-5011-87-6 [Link]

Economic Dimensions of Covid-19 in Indonesia: Responding to the Crisis. 2021. Singapore: ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute (editor, with Blane D. Lewis). ISBN : 978-981-4951-45-6. [Link]

Indonesia Living Standards: Before and After the Financial Crisis. 2004. Singapore: Institute for Southeast Asian Studies, and Santa Monica: RAND. (with John Strauss, Kathleen Beegle, Bondan Sikoki, Agus Dwiyanto, Yulia Herawati, Daan Pattinasarany, Elan Satriawan, and Sukamdi). ISBN: 981-230-168-2. [Link]

BOOKS CHAPTERS AND BOOK REVIEWS

COVID-19 in Indonesia: Impacts on the Economy and Ways to Recovery, edited by Lili Yan Ing and M. Chatib Basri (Routledge, London and New York, 2022), pp. xvi + 254. November 2023. Economic Record. [Link]

“Household Dynamics and Living Arrangements of Elderly in Indonesia: Evidence from a Longitudinal Survey”. 2012. In M. Majmundar and J.P. Smith (eds.), Aging in Asia, National Academy of Sciences Press.[Link]

“Socioeconomic Success and Health in Later Life: Evidence from the Indonesia Family Life Survey”. 2012. In M. Majmundar and J.P. Smith (eds.), Aging in Asia, National Academy of Sciences Press. (with John Strauss and Bondan Sikoki).[Link]

WORKING PAPERS

[New version] “When Transparency Fails: Financial Incentives for Local Banking Agents in Indonesia”. January 2023. Barcelona GSE Working Paper No. 1223. (with Erika Deserranno and Gianmarco León-Ciliotta ). [Working paper] [VoxDev article]

“Information, Intermediaries, and International Migration”. December 2021, NBER Working Papers W29588. National Bureau of Economic Research, (with Samuel Bazzi, Lisa Cameron, and Simone Schaner). [Working paper] [VoxDev article]

“Binding Constraints on Digital Financial Inclusion in Indonesia: An Analysis Using the Decision Tree Approach”. July 2021. CGD Policy Paper 221. Washington, DC: Center for Global Development. (with Teguh Yudo Wicaksono and Carlos Mangunsong) Link

“The Unfolding of Women’s Economic Empowerment Outcomes: Time Path of Impacts in an Indonesia Trial”. June 2021. CGD Working Paper 586. Washington, DC: Center for Global Development. (with Mayra Buvinic and James Knowles). Link

“Out of Communal Land: Clientelism through Delegation of Agricultural Tenancy Contracts”. April 2021. IZA Discussion Paper No. 14263. (with Takashi Kurosaki and Saumik Paul). Link

“Access to Land and Tenancy Practices on Tanah Bengkok: Evidence from Java, Indonesia”. August 2020. IZA Discussion Paper No. 13957. (with Takashi Kurosaki and Saumik Paul). Link

“Can Boosting Savings and Skills Support Female Business Owners in Indonesia? Evidence from A Randomized Controlled Trial.” April 2020. CGD Working Paper 529. Washington, DC: Center for Global Development. (with Mayra Buvinic, Hillary C. Johnson, Elizaveta Perova) . Link

“Cognition and SES Relationships Among the Mid-Aged and Elderly: A Comparison of China and Indonesia”. 2018. NBER Working Papers 24583, National Bureau of Economic Research, (with John Strauss, Qinqin Meng, Xinxin Chen, Yaohui Zhao, Bondan Sikoki, Yafeng Wang). Link

POLICY REPORTS

The Economics of Tobacco Farming in Indonesia: 3rd Wave Tobacco Farmers Survey. 2021. With Gumilang A. Sahadewo, Jeffrey Drope, Qing Li, and Raphael Lenchuca. Tobbaconomics. [Report] [Blog at Tobacconomics]

The Economics of Tobacco Farming in Indonesia: Results from Two Waves of a Farm-Level Survey. 2020. With Gumilang A. Sahadewo, Jeffrey Drope, Qing Li, and Raphael Lenchuca. American Cancer Society Tobacconomics Series: Economic Research Informing Tobacco Control Policy.

Unequal Ventures: Results from an Endline Study of Gender and Entrepreneurship in East Java, Indonesia. 2019. With Mayra Buvinic, Erika Deserranno , Hillary C. Johnson , James C. Knowles , Gianmarco Leon. Center of Global Development (CGD) Evidence-based Report Series on Women’s Economic Empowerment.

How Jakarta’s Traffic Affects Labor Market Outcomes for Women and People with Disabilities: Results from a Baseline Survey. 2017. With Alex Rothenberg, Tadeja Grajner, T. Yudo Wicaksono. Australia-Indonesia Partnership for Economic Governance (AIPEG).

The Economics of Tobacco Farming in Indonesia. 2017. With Drope, Jeffrey; Li, Qing; Araujo, Edson Correia; Harimurti, Pandu; Sahadewo, Gumilang Aryo; Nargis, Nigar; Durazo, Josefine; Sikoki, Bondan Supraptilah. Global Tobacco Control Program. Washington, D.C.: World Bank Group.

The Economics of Tobacco Taxation and Employment in Indonesia. 2017. Sahadewo, Gumilang Aryo; Iglesias, Roberto Magno; Araujo, Edson Correia; Nargis, Nigar; Harimurti, Pandu; Drope, Jeffrey; Li, Qing; Durazo, Josefine; Sikoki, Bondan Supraptilah.. Global Tobacco Control Program. Washington, D.C.: World Bank Group.

The Economics of Kretek Rolling in Indonesia. 2017. With Nargis, Nigar; Sahadewo, Gumilang Aryo; Araujo, Edson Correia; Harimurti, Pandu; Drope, Jeffrey; Li, Qing; Durazo, Josefine; Sikoki, Bondan Supraptilah. 2017. Global Tobacco Control Program. Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group.

The Economics of Clove Farming in Indonesia. 2017. With Li, Qing; Nargis, Nigar; Sahadewo, Gumilang Aryo; Araujo, Edson Correia; Harimurti, Pandu; Drope, Jeffrey; Durazo, Josefine; Sikoki, Bondan Supraptilah. 2017. Global Tobacco Control Program. Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group.