Journal of Innovation in Business and Economics
Vol. 6 No. 01 (2022): Journal of Innovation in Business and Economics

Forced migration and household welfare in Indonesia

Irfan Raharjo (Economics Department, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia)
Marlina Ekawati (Economics Department, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia)
Wildan Syafitri (Economics Department, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
21 Aug 2022

Abstract

Forced migration has a long-lasting impact on future generations. This study involves the application of logistic regression with marginal effect on data from the Indonesia Family Life Survey (IFLS) to find out the impact of forced migration on the welfare of parent and child households. The study findings show that forced migration can reduce the likelihood of a parent household becoming poor by 7.3%. For children who follow their parents migrating, the probability of becoming poor is also decreased by 9.82%. A decrease in household consumption of education and health, as well as the lack of asset ownership, can reduce human capital components. This finding shows the importance of supporting investment in human capital and physical capital for households experiencing forced migration to avoid intergenerational transmission of poverty.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jibe

Publisher

Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

Description

The Journal of Innovation in Business and Economics (JIBE) is published by the Department of Economics and Business at University of Muhammadiyah Malang in 2017. Previously this journal was known as Jurnal Media Ekonomi that was initially published in 2000. In 2011 until 2016, this journal was ...