Publications

Journal articles, book chapters & working papers

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Journals & book chapters

  1. 2025

    Structural Transformation and Regional Inequality Differential in Indonesia

    Halim, P.R., Yusuf, A.A., Sumner, A., & Purnagunawan, R.M.

    Regional Studies, Regional Science, 12(1), 790–815

    Documents how structural transformation drives diverging regional inequality trajectories across Indonesia's provinces.

  2. 2024

    Broken Ladders? Labour Market Inequality in Indonesia and India

    Sen, K., & Halim, P.R.

    Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies

    Compares job-ladder dynamics and labour market inequality between Indonesia and India using panel microdata.

  3. 2023

    Indonesia: Employment and Inequality Trends

    Yusuf, A.A., & Halim, P.R.

    In Tasks, Skills, and Institutions: The Changing Nature of Work and Inequality (Oxford University Press)

    Book chapter tracing how task-biased technological change reshaped employment and wage inequality in Indonesia.

  4. 2023

    Achieving Zero Stunting: An SDG Interlinkage Approach

    Komarulzaman, A., Andoyo, R., Anna, Z., Ghina, A.A., Halim, P.R., et al.

    Sustainability, 15(11), 8890

    Applies an SDG-interlinkage framework at the district level to identify policy levers for eliminating child stunting.

  5. 2022

    Leave No One Behind in Indonesia: A Data-Driven Study

    Yusuf, A.A., & Halim, P.R.

    United Nations Indonesia

    Builds disaggregated evidence to identify marginalised populations for Indonesia's Leave No One Behind agenda.

  6. 2020

    Routinisation and the Changing Task Composition in the Labour Market: Evidence from Indonesia

    Yusuf, A.A., Anglingkusumo, R., Sumner, A., Halim, P.R., & Kusuma, A.C.M.

    Bank Indonesia Working Paper

    Early evidence of task-content shifts and routine-biased change in the Indonesian labour market.

Working Papers

Working papers & policy publications

  1. 2026

    From Informality to Productive Employment: Role of Digital Transformation

    Aji, P., Halim, P.R., & López-Gómez, C.

    Development Asia, Asian Development Bank

    Examines digital platforms as a mechanism to bridge informal employment and raise productivity.

  2. 2025

    Employment Outlook: Indonesia's Future Growth Occupations

    Halim, P.R., Nur'aeni, A., Permana, M.Y., Yassierli, & Abdullah, I.

    INDEF Working Paper

    Forecasts occupational growth areas in Indonesia's labour market, informing workforce and skilling policy.

  3. 2021

    Inequality and Structural Transformation in the Changing Nature of Work: The Case of Indonesia

    Yusuf, A.A., & Halim, P.R.

    WIDER Working Paper 2021/81

    Traces the link between structural transformation and rising wage inequality in Indonesia's changing labour market.