Seasonal work visas and the wages, employment, and mobility of incumbent workers

This seminar shares new evidence on the impacts of low-skilled immigration in Australia from administrative data.

Railway expansion reduces carbon emissions by shifting road traffic to railways

This seminar will explore the effect of Japan’s railway network expansion on carbon emission reductions between 1990 and 2019.

Fuel prices and ambient air pollution: A study of Sydney

This paper explores the short-run influence of road transport fuel prices on ambient air pollution over the period 2004–2023 for the case of Sydney, Australia.

Food one click away: The impact of online food delivery platforms on food security in Indonesia

Pyan Muchtar presents his research about online food delivery platform in Indonesia.

Cash transfers and labor supply: New evidence on impacts and mechanisms

The study finds that Vietnam’s national cash transfer program does not reduce labor supply but rather shifts adults from self-employment to wage-paying jobs, likely due to older adults taking on more housework and childcare responsibilities.

2024 Indonesia Update: How Jokowi changed Indonesia

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About the 2024 conference

During a decade of governing Indonesia, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has emerged as one of the most popular, but also most polarising, political figures in the post-Reformasi period. Jokowi’s supporters have lauded his remarkable evolution from an outsider with little clout among the country’s political elite to a formidable powerbroker, pushing through hard-hitting and often controversial reforms. Jokowi’s critics, on the other hand, have assailed his government’s coercive approach to political opponents, and his pursuit of a grand economic vision at the cost of democratic freedoms and institutional integrity. Regardless of which side of the debate one is on, however, there is no denying Jokowi’s enduring popularity with a public that sees their president as a hardworking man of the people.

The 2024 Indonesia Update Conference will take a broad view of Jokowi’s legacy. To tell this story, we need to first recall the Indonesia that President Yudhoyono left behind: a stable democracy and economy, but one in which governance was characterised by policy inertia and stagnation. The Jokowi years, on the other hand, have been anything but stagnant. Instead, to hit policy targets across a range of sectors, the president and his team have pushed institutions to their limits, revealing both the weaknesses and strengths of Indonesia’s democratic rules, regulations and norms. But how far has Jokowi truly transformed Indonesia? To answer this question, the Conference will bring together experts from Australia, Indonesia, and around the world. We will examine the mark that Jokowi has left on the country’s economy, welfare, politics, security, environment, and international relations.

Are the benefits of electrification realized only in the long run? Evidence from rural India

This seminar will discuss the benefits of electrification.

Housing prices and marriage delay in China

Tunye Qiu presents his research on the impacts of housing prices on marriage delay in China.

Robots, computers and fertility dynamics

Linh Bui presents her research on fertility and economic growth.

Designing macroprudential stress testing for climate change shocks

Aditya Taruna presents his research on the design of macroprudential stress testing for climate change shocks.