Indonesian Labour in Transition An East Asian Success Story [Hardcover]

The book covers labour markets in Indonesia under Soeharto's New Order government.The book deals with the transformation of labour markets in Indonesia over 30 years of New Order government under President Soeharto. It traces the impact of rapid economic growth on employment, wages and labour productivity in an initially poor labour surplus economy. Key elements of the process include a growing industrial and informal sector work force, rising labour incomes, increasing mobility of rural labour, regional integration and greater female participation in the economy.The book deals with the transformation of labour markets in Indonesia over 30 years of New Order government under President Soeharto. It traces the impact of rapid economic growth on employment, wages and labour productivity in an initially poor labour surplus economy. Key elements of the process include a growing industrial and informal sector work force, rising labour incomes, increasing mobility of rural labour, regional integration and greater female participation in the economy.The book deals with the transformation of labor markets in Indonesia over thirty years of New Order government under President Soeharto. It traces the impact of rapid economic growth on employment, wages and labor productivity in an initially poor labor surplus economy. Key elements of the process include a growing industrial and informal sector work force, rising labor incomes, increasing mobility of rural labor, regional integration and greater female participation in the economy.Preface; Part I. Setting the Scene: 1. Labour market issues in Indonesian development; 2. Economic development and labour markets: international experience; Part II. Economic Growth and Labour Market Dynamics: 3. Economic and social transformation: a remarkable record; 4. New jobs and rising productivity: the formal-informal sector divide; 5. Wage growth in a labour surplus economy?; 6. Labour market structure and institutions; 7. Unemployment and undl,