Research

Publication and Research Papers

PhD Thesis

Three Essays on Livelihood and Development in Indonesia

Refereed Articles

The effects of the Indonesian conditional cash transfer program on transition out of agriculture, 2024.  World Development 173 (2024): 106425, with Efi Yuliani. 

Mental health assimilation of rural–urban migrants in developing countries: Evidence from Indonesia’s four cities, 2023. Papers in Regional Science, with Budy P. Resosudarmo. 

Examining the impact of urban compactness on work and social life disruption during COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from Jakarta, Indonesia, 2023. Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences. with Usep Nugraha and Budy Resosudarmo.

Reliable Electricity Access, Micro-Small Enterprises, and Poverty Reduction in Indonesia, 2023. Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, with Putri Wahyu Handayani and Jahen Fachrul Rezki.

Is Indonesian Police Violence Excessive? The Dynamics of Police Shootings, 2005–2014.  2023. Journal of Contemporary Asia, with Jacqui Baker.

Is there an ex-ante moral hazard on Indonesia’s health insurance? An impact analysis on household waste management behaviour, 2022. PLOSONE, with Beta Yulianita Gitaharie, Ayu Putu Arantza Bonita, Lovina Aisha Malika Putri , Muhammad Abdul Rohman, and Dwini Handayani.

Revisiting the energy-happiness paradox: A quasi-experimental evidence of electricity access in Indonesia. 2022. Journal of Happiness Studies, with Qisha Quarina and Teguh Dartanto.

Estimating the price elasticity of demand for urban mass rapid transit ridership: A quasi-experimental evidence from Jakarta, Indonesia. 2021. Case Studies on Transport Policy, with Putri C. Sianturi and M.H. Yudhistira. 

A survey of recent developments: Indonesia in the time of Covid-19. 2020. Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, Vol. 56, No. 2, 2020: 143–174 with Susan Olivia and John Gibson.  

Contribution of cash transfers in moderating household food insecurity in small-island communities: Experimental evidence from Indonesia, 2020, Marine Policy 118 104025 with Budy Resosudarmo, Satoshi Yamazaki and Wardis Girsang.

"The Impact of Lagging-Region Status on District Poverty in Indonesia." Economics and Finance in Indonesia 62 (2016): 30-43.


Articles in the Indonesian National Journal 

Social Capital and Conflict in the Post-Suharto Regime in Indonesia, 2023. Economics and Finance in Indonesia 69.1, with Andar Ristabet Hesda.

The Short-Run Impact of Indonesia’s Large-Scale Social Restriction on Intra-Generational Household Economic Mobility, 2023. Journal of Developing Economies (JDE) 8.1 , with Sri Juli Asdiyanti Samuda.

Revocation of VAT Exemption For Electricity and Water and Its Impact Analysis, DIA: Jurnal Administrasi Publik 21.01 (2023): 354-378, with Dicky Trisandi.

The impact of the alternative tax base measurement policy on the VAT revenue performance in the Indonesian agricultural sector, 2023.  Scientax. with Singgih Priyogo.

Revisiting the Impact of Density on Social Capital: A Study Case in the Capital City of Indonesia, 2022. Jurnal Ekonomi Pembangunan, with Usep Nugraha. 

Where Do Energy-Poor Households Live? Empirical Evidence From Indonesia, 2022. JEJAK: Jurnal Ekonomi dan Kebijakan, with Dewi Yuliandini Hasibuan.

The Household Food Insecurity Amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic in Indonesia, 2021. JEJAK: Jurnal Ekonomi dan Kebijakan, with Muhammad Anwar.

"Perkembangan Perbankan Indonesia: Analisis Dampak terhadap Pertumbuhan Ekonomi Regional Indonesia dan Penyebab-penyebabnya dengan Data Panel 1983-1999." Jurnal Ekonomi dan Pembangunan Indonesia 4.2 (2004): 141-160. With Nining Indroyono Soesilo.

Book Chapter

Problems with Recording the Spread of COVID-19 in Developing Countries: Evidence from a Phone Survey in Indonesia, with Budy P. Resosudarmo, Pyan A. Muchtar, Usep Nugraha and Anna Falentina in Pandemic and the City edited by  Mehmet Güney Celbiş, Karima Kourtit, Peter Nijkamp


Working Papers

The Potential Distributional and Economic Wide Impact of the New Indonesia’s VAT Law Implementation, LPEM-FEBUI Working Paper - 072, 2022, with Djoni Hartono, Faizal Rahmanto Moeis, Andhika Putra Pratama, Raka Rizky Fadilla, and Rustam Effendi.

Problems with recording the spread of COVID-19 in developing countries: Evidence from a phone survey in Indonesia, Working Papers in Trade and Development No. 2022/08, with Budy P. Resosudarmo, Pyan Amin, Usep Nugraha and Anna Falentina.

Assimilation of rural-urban migrants under a less restrictive internal migration policy: Evidence from Indonesia. The Australian National University, Arndt-Corden Department of Economics, 2019. With Budy P. Resosudarmo. 

Does Soft Corruption Make Grease or Sand for Development? Evidence from Road's Special Allocation Fund for Indonesian Districts. MPRA Working Paper,  2015.

Tobacco Economic of Indonesia: Poor Households' Spending Pattern, Tax Regressivity and Economic Wide Impact of Cigarette Excise Tax Simplification. No. 201302. Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Indonesia, 2013. With Abdillah Ahsan, Ledi Trialdi and Djoni Hartono.

Other Publications/Reports

Energy Safety Nets: Indonesia Case Study. Vienna: Sustainable Energy for All, 2020. With Teguh Dartanto, Qisha Quarina, Fajar N Putra and Khairina Abdillah.

Research in Progress

The political economy of the use of force by police in Indonesia. With Jacqui Baker (Murdoch University).