Jurnal Ekonomi dan Studi Pembangunan (JESP)
Vol 14, No 2 (2022)

Analyzing the Characteristics of Highly Educated Unemployment in Indonesia’s Capital City

Febrim Leksiando Sipayung (Brawijaya University)
Andi Fefta Wijaya (Brawijaya University)
Fadillah Putra (Brawijaya University)
Natsumi Aratame (Takushoku University)



Article Info

Publish Date
26 Oct 2022

Abstract

Indonesia’s capital city, Jakarta, is facing a problem of highly educated unemployment, a phenomenon that has become a very serious issue as Indonesia's population continues to increase facing the demography dividend. This study aims to analyze the characteristics of highly educated unemployment in Jakarta, the biggest city in Indonesia. The logistic a regression model is used to analyze the labor force associated with important aspects such as highly educational attainment, age, gender, marital status, and status in the household. This study finds that being less-educated, young, male, single, and member of the household respectively increase the probability of being unemployed. However, it also finds that the total effect of highly educational attainment on the probability of employment peaks maximum value when the labor forces are single and head of the household and drops to the lowest value when the labor forces are married and member of the household.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JESP

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Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

Description

Jurnal Ekonomi dan Studi Pembangunan focuses on scientific papers related to development economics include critical analysis of economic development issues, local economic development, community economic development, economic growth, international trade and finance, fiscal and monetary policy, ...