Research

Job polarisation, structural transformation, and inequality

Peer-reviewed papers, book chapters, and working papers on how technological change and structural transformation reshape labour markets — filterable by theme.

Peer-Reviewed · 2025

Structural Transformation and Regional Inequality Differential in Indonesia

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

Halim, P.R., Yusuf, A.A., Sumner, A., & Purnagunawan, R.M. — Regional Studies, Regional Science, 12(1), 790–815

Structural TransformationSpatial & Regional InequalityWage Inequality

Peer-Reviewed · 2024

Broken Ladders? Labour Market Inequality in Indonesia and India

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

Sen, K., & Halim, P.R. — Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies

Job PolarisationWage Inequality

Peer-Reviewed · 2023

Indonesia: Employment and Inequality Trends

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

Yusuf, A.A., & Halim, P.R. — In Tasks, Skills, and Institutions: The Changing Nature of Work and Inequality (Oxford University Press)

Job PolarisationTask Content & AutomationWage Inequality

Peer-Reviewed · 2023

Achieving Zero Stunting: An SDG Interlinkage Approach

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

Komarulzaman, A., Andoyo, R., Anna, Z., Ghina, A.A., Halim, P.R., et al. — Sustainability, 15(11), 8890

Sustainable Development

Peer-Reviewed · 2022

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

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

Yusuf, A.A., & Halim, P.R. — United Nations Indonesia

Sustainable DevelopmentLabour Market Policy

Peer-Reviewed · 2020

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

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

Yusuf, A.A., Anglingkusumo, R., Sumner, A., Halim, P.R., & Kusuma, A.C.M. — Bank Indonesia Working Paper

Task Content & AutomationJob Polarisation

Working Paper · 2026

From Informality to Productive Employment: Role of Digital Transformation

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

Aji, P., Halim, P.R., & López-Gómez, C. — Development Asia, Asian Development Bank

Structural TransformationLabour Market Policy

Working Paper · 2025

Employment Outlook: Indonesia's Future Growth Occupations

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

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

Task Content & AutomationLabour Market Policy

Working Paper · 2021

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

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

Yusuf, A.A., & Halim, P.R. — WIDER Working Paper 2021/81

Structural TransformationJob PolarisationWage Inequality