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Wages, employment and economic shocks: Evidence from Indonesia

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After over a quarter century of sustained economic growth, Indonesia was struck by a large and unanticipated crisis at the end of the 20th Century. Real GDP declined by about 12% in 1998. Using 13 years of annual labor force data in conjunction with two waves of a household panel, the Indonesia Family Life Survey (IFLS), this paper examines the impact of the crisis on labor market outcomes.

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  1. RAND Cooperation, 1700 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90407, USA (Fax: +1-310-451-6935; e-mail: smith@rand.org), , , , , , US

    James P. Smith, Elizabeth Frankenberg & Kathleen Beegle

  2. RAND and University of California, Los Angeles, Box 951477, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA, , , , , , US

    Duncan Thomas

  3. Universidad Iberoamericana, Departamento de Economia, 880, Lomas de Santa Fe, 01210 Mexico D.F., Mexico, , , , , , MX

    Graciela Teruel

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Received: 31 December 1999/Accepted: 3 August 2000

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Smith, J., Thomas, D., Frankenberg, E. et al. Wages, employment and economic shocks: Evidence from Indonesia. J Popul Econ 15, 161–193 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00003837

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