DETERMINANTS OF SCHOOL ENROLMENT IN INDONESIA: THE ROLE OF MINIMUM WAGE

Authors

Dyah Savitri Pritadrajati, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, United KingdomFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

This paper investigates the role of minimum wages in determining school enrolment (educational investment) in Indonesia using the National Socioeconomic Survey (Susenas). It finds that minimum wage legislation has a negative and significant substitution effect on educational investment. Individuals are more likely to drop out of senior secondary school as a result of a minimum wage legislation. Even though the response among low-income households is positive, this result may be generated by a fall in the probability of obtaining low-skilled employment, which offset the substitution effect.

Recommended Citation

Pritadrajati, Dyah Savitri (2021) "DETERMINANTS OF SCHOOL ENROLMENT IN INDONESIA: THE ROLE OF MINIMUM WAGE," Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking: Vol. 24: No. 2, Article 3.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21098/bemp.v24i2.1484
Available at: https://bulletin.bmeb-bi.org/bmeb/vol24/iss2/3

First Page

181

Last Page

204

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Country

United Kingdom

Affiliation

Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative