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The Employability And Welfare Of Female Labor Migrants In Indonesian Cities

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  • Devanto SHASTA PRATOMO

    (Senior Lecturer, Brawijaya University Indonesia)

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The aim of the study, first, is to examine which factors are important to explain the employment status of female labour migrants in the cities in Indonesia. The second aim is to examine the welfare of female labour migrants measured by their earnings to occupation and poverty status in the cities. This study takes advantage of a data source of Rural Urban Migration of Indonesia and China (RUMiCI) of 2011 conducted by Australian National University (ANU) focusing on four Indonesian cities, including Tangerang, Samarinda, Medan, and Makassar. The study concludes that female migrants survive in the cities in terms of their employability and welfare. Although there is no significant difference in terms of their occupation status compared to female non-migrants, female life-time migrants mostly receive higher earnings and less likely to be living under poverty. Education is an important predictor for employability and welfare of female migrants.

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  • Devanto SHASTA PRATOMO, 2017. "The Employability And Welfare Of Female Labor Migrants In Indonesian Cities," Regional Science Inquiry, Hellenic Association of Regional Scientists, vol. 0(2), pages 109-117, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:hrs:journl:v:ix:y:2017:i:2:p:109-117
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    2. Viktor Pirmana, 2006. "Earnings Differential Between Male-Female In Indonesia: Evidence From Sakernas Data," Working Papers in Economics and Development Studies (WoPEDS) 200608, Department of Economics, Padjadjaran University, revised Aug 2006.
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    Keywords

    Rural-Urban Migration; Female Workers; Employment; Poverty;
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    JEL classification:

    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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