Research Activities

Research Projects

Impact of Urbanization in Indonesia: Analysis of Firm Productivity and Labor Migration(2017_2_40_002)

Outline
Using our original Urban Area dataset for Indonesia from 2000 to 2010, we will perform a quantitative analysis of 1) the effects of agglomeration on firm-level productivity, and 2) the impacts of migration to urban areas on the level of residents’ welfare, particularly from the perspective of poverty reduction.
Period

April 2017 - March 2019

Members of the Research Project
[ Organizer ] Higashikata Takayuki
[ Co-researcher ] Hashiguchi Yoshihiro


Publications
  • IDE Research Bulletin
  • IDE Discussion Paper