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The calorie-income demand elasticity is an important parameter in the development literature and in the policy arena.
A cohort analysis of wages in Indonesia
This article uses repeated cross-sectional data for the years 1986 to 1998 to examine how the median and spread in the distribution of wages among workers of different age and gender were affected by the economic growth and contraction in output d
This article assesses the impact of the East Asian financial crisis on farm households in two of the region's most affected countries.
The calorie-income demand elasticity is an important parameter in the development literature and in the policy arena.
Land, trees, and women
This research report examines three questions that are central to IFPRI research: How do property-rights institutions affect efficiency and equity? How are resources allocated within households? Why does this matter from a policy perspective?
This paper explores statistically the implications of the shift from communal to individualized tenure on the distribution of land and schooling between sons and daughters in matrilineal societies, based on a Sumatra case study.
This research report examines three questions that are central to IFPRI research: How do property-rights institutions affect efficiency and equity? How are resources allocated within households? Why does this matter from a policy perspective?
Intrahousehold allocation and gender relations
The paper reviews recent theory and empirical evidence testing unitary versus collective models of the household.
Structural adjustment, agriculture, and deforestation in the Sumatera regional economy
The Asian financial crisis led to a major devaluation of the Indonesian exchange rate, macro instability, and the need for a “structural adjustment” program.
El papel de la mujer en la economía se ha subestimado con frecuencia y su trabajo en la agricultura ha sido invisible por mucho tiempo.
This brief examines the key roles that women play in ensuring food security and makes three recommendations of ways to strengthen the food security through policies and programs that enhance women's abilities and resources to fulfill their ro
Parental education and child nutrition in Indonesia
Alternative industrial development paths for Indonesia
In this article, we examine the economy-wide effects of three alternative growth paths for Indonesia's industrial sector using SAM (social accounting matrix) multiplier analysis and CGE (computable general equilibrium) modeling.