This study focuses on the efficiency of minimum wage policy for poverty reduction, taking Indonesia as a case study. A simulation approach assesses who benefits and who pays for minimum wage...
This study focuses on the efficiency of minimum wage policy for poverty reduction, taking Indonesia as a case study. A simulation approach assesses who benefits and who pays for minimum wage...
Bird, Kelly, Manning, Chris, Economics, RSPAS
This study focuses on the efficiency of minimum wage policy for poverty reduction, taking Indonesia as a case study. A simulation approach assesses who benefits and who pays for minimum wage...
This study focuses on the efficiency of minimum wage policy for poverty reduction, taking Indonesia as a case study. A simulation approach assesses who benefits and who pays for minimum wage...
Legislating for labour protection: betting on the weak or the strong? (2004)
This paper approaches the subject of labour standards from the standpoint of domestic labour market circumstances rather than international norms. The paper assesses government approaches to...
The movement of natural persons in Southeast Asia: how natural? (2004)
Manning, Chris, Bhatnagar, Pradip
This paper is a preliminary survey of temporary labour migration (TLM) in Southeast Asia (sometimes referred to as the ‘movement of natural persons’). The paper is set in the context of global...
The movement of natural persons in Southeast Asia: how natural? (2004)
Manning, Chris, Bhatnagar, Pradip
This paper is a preliminary survey of temporary labour migration (TLM) in Southeast Asia (sometimes referred to as the ‘movement of natural persons’). The paper is set in the context of global...
Legislating for labour protection: betting on the weak or the strong? (2004)
This paper approaches the subject of labour standards from the standpoint of domestic labour market circumstances rather than international norms. The paper assesses government approaches to...
The movement of natural persons in Southeast Asia: how natural? (2004)
Manning, Chris, Bhatnagar, Pradip, Economics, RSPAS
This paper is a preliminary survey of temporary labour migration (TLM) in Southeast Asia (sometimes referred to as the ‘movement of natural persons’). The paper is set in the context of global...
Legislating for labour protection: betting on the weak or the strong? (2004)
Manning, Chris, Economics, RSPAS
This paper approaches the subject of labour standards from the standpoint of domestic labour market circumstances rather than international norms. The paper assesses government approaches to...
The movement of natural persons in Southeast Asia: how natural? (2004)
Manning, Chris, Bhatnagar, Pradip
This paper is a preliminary survey of temporary labour migration (TLM) in Southeast Asia (sometimes referred to as the ‘movement of natural persons’). The paper is set in the context of global...
Legislating for labour protection: betting on the weak or the strong? (2004)
This paper approaches the subject of labour standards from the standpoint of domestic labour market circumstances rather than international norms. The paper assesses government approaches to...
Computing PageRank using Power Extrapolation (2003)
Taher Haveliwala, Ar Kamvar, Dan Klein, Chris Manning, Gene Golub
We present a novel technique for speeding up the computation of PageRank, a hyperlink-based estimate of the "importance" of Web pages, based on the ideas presented in [7]. The original PageRank...
The Asian economic crisis dramatically influenced the context in which a growing number of international migrants had begun to spread from poorer to more industrialised countries in East Asia,...
The Asian economic crisis dramatically influenced the context in which a growing number of international migrants had begun to spread from poorer to more industrialised countries in East Asia,...
Manning, Chris, Economics, RSPAS
The Asian economic crisis dramatically influenced the context in which a growing number of international migrants had begun to spread from poorer to more industrialised countries in East Asia,...
The Asian economic crisis dramatically influenced the context in which a growing number of international migrants had begun to spread from poorer to more industrialised countries in East Asia,...
Indonesian labour markets have undergone a major transformation over the past 30 years, especially on Java since liberalisation gathered pace in the mid 1980s. The paper focuses on regional...
Indonesian labour markets have undergone a major transformation over the past 30 years, especially on Java since liberalisation gathered pace in the mid 1980s. The paper focuses on regional...
Manning, Chris, Economics, RSPAS
Indonesian labour markets have undergone a major transformation over the past 30 years, especially on Java since liberalisation gathered pace in the mid 1980s. The paper focuses on regional...
Indonesian labour markets have undergone a major transformation over the past 30 years, especially on Java since liberalisation gathered pace in the mid 1980s. The paper focuses on regional...
Wage differentials and labour market segmentation in Indonesian manufacturing (1979)
Typescript. Spine title: Wage differentials in Indonesian manufacturing. Includes bibliographical references.
Submitted to the Dept. of Economics for the degree of Master of Economics. Summary: leaves [1]-2. Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 72-76)
Regional labor markets during deregulation in Indonesia : have the Outer Islands been left behind?
Indonesia's labor markets, especially on the island of Java, have been transformed in the past 30 years, especially since liberalization picked up speed in the mid-1980's. The author explores the...
The Regulation of Professional Migration in ASEAN - Insights from the Health and IT Sectors
Chris Manning, Alexandra Sidorenko
This study assesses the extent of regulation of in-migration of professionals into ASEAN countries. The focus is on two selected sectors, health care and information technology (IT). Both sectors...
By June 2006, the government had largely completed the difficult tasks of stabilising macroeconomic conditions following the October 2005 fuel price increases, and of drawing up a blueprint to...
Labour market dimensions of poverty in Indonesia
Armida Alisjahbana, Chris Manning
This paper focuses on labour market issues relevant to poverty alleviation. Patterns of participation, unemployment and employment are examined among the poor compared with the non-poor in general,...
The Regulation of Professional Migration: Insights from the Health and IT Sectors in ASEAN
Chris Manning, Alexandra Sidorenko
This paper develops several indicators to measure the extent and depth of rules governing international migration. It is set in the context of moves towards further liberalisation of services trade...
The Asian economic crisis dramatically influenced the context in which a growing number of international migrants had begun to spread from poorer to more industrialised countries in East Asia,...
Minimum Wages and Poverty in a Developing Country: Simulations from Indonesia's Household Survey
This study focuses on the efficiency of minimum wage policy for poverty reduction, taking Indonesia as a case study. A simulation approach assesses who benefits and who pays for minimum wage...
Legislating for Labour Protection: Betting on the Weak or the Strong?
This paper approaches the subject of labour standards from the standpoint of domestic labour market circumstances rather than international norms. The paper assesses government approaches to...
THE MOVEMENT OF NATURAL PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: HOW NATURAL?
Chris Manning, Pradip Bhatnagar
This paper is a preliminary survey of temporary labour migration (TLM) in Southeast Asia (sometimes referred to as the 'movement of natural persons'). The paper is set in the context of global...
REGIONAL LABOUR MARKETS DURING DEREGULATION IN INDONESIA Have the Outer Islands Been Left Behind?
Indonesian labour markets have undergone a major transformation over the past 30 years, especially on Java since liberalisation gathered pace in the mid 1980s. The paper focuses on regional...
Regional arrangements for mode 4 in the services trade: lessons from the ASEAN experience
BHATNAGAR, PRADIP, MANNING, CHRIS
The paper deals with regional policies towards temporary labour migration (or the movement of natural persons) with specific reference to the liberalization of trade in services. The paper deals with...
Trends and Constraints Associated with Labor Faced by Non-Farm Enterprises
Armida Alisjahbana, Chris Manning
This paper examines trends in non-farm employment and associated labor market constraints that have hindered the growth of non-farm employment (NFE) since the economic crisis in 1997-98. We observed,...
Structural Change, Economic Crisis and International Labour Migration in East Asia
Increased international labour migration was one important dimension of structural change and globalisation in East Asia from the mid 1980s. Large international movements of mainly unskilled contract...
Rural Economic Change and Labour Mobility: A Case Study From West Java
The paper uses data from six West Java villages which were surveyed in 1976 and again in 1983 to examine the impact of temporary migration, mainly to urban areas, on the rural economy. It finds that...
Richard Robison, Chris Manning, Ross McLeod, Georg Cremer, Glen Chandler, Joan Hardjono, ...
Yoshihara Kunio, The Rise of Ersatz Capitalism in Southeast Asia , Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1988. Pang Eng Fong (Ed.), Labour Market Developments and Structural Change: The Experience of...
Structural Change and Industrial Relations During the Soeharto Period an Approaching Crisis?
This paper examines the evolution of the Indonesian industrial relations system and labour welfare in the New Order period, giving special attention to labour policies and unrest in the 1980s and...
What has Happened to Wages in the New Order?
This paper reviews trends in real wages in Indonesia since the early 1970s. It finds that there has been wage growth in a range of agricultural and non-agricultural sectors. However, growth has been...
H. W. Arndt, John Bresnan, M. C. Ricklefs, Joan Hardjono, Chris Manning, Medhi Krongkaew, ...
W.T. Woo, B. Glassburner and Anwar Nasution, Macroeconomic Policies, Crises, and Long-term Growth in Indonesia, 1965--90 , Comparative Economic Studies, The World Bank, Washington DC, 1994, pp. xiii...
Choosy Youth or Unwanted Youth? A Survey of Unemployment
This paper examines structure and change in unemployment in Indonesia from the 1970s through to 1996 The analysis focuses on high unemployment rates among urban youth, set in the context of similar...
Chris Manning, Toshihiko Kawagoe, Hal Hill, Henry Sandee
Jonathan R. Pincus (1996), Class, Power and Agrarian Change: Land and Labour in Rural West Java , Studies on the Economics of East and Southeast Asia, Macmillan, Hampshire, pp. xii + 248. Pierre van...
Labour Market Adjustment to Indonesia's Economic Crisis: Context, Trends and Implications
This paper focuses on labour market adjustment during the economic crisis of 1997--98. It shows how labour processes help explain better outcomes for the poor than were initially predicted. The...
Walter Falcon, Ken Young, Terence Hull, Henry Sandee, Chris Manning
David Glover and Timothy Jessup (eds) (1999), Indonesia's Fires and Haze: The Cost of Catastrophe , Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, and International Development Research Centre,...
Corporate Real Estate Research within the Academy
Chris Manning, Stephen E. Roulac
This study discusses the uniqueness and importance of corporate real estate asset management and distinguishes it from third party real estate investment management. A decline in corporate real...
Devising a Corporate Facility Location Strategy to Maximize Shareholder Wealth
Chris Manning, Mauricio Rodriguez, Chinmoy Ghosh
Location decisions should consider all related impacts upon a firm’s shareholder wealth. Overall, firm cost savings available at alternative locations need to be carefully examined in addition to a...
Lessons from the Past and Future Directions for Corporate Real Estate Research
Chris Manning, Stephen E. Roulac
This study seeks to answer several questions about corporate real estate research. The first, Where should corporate real estate research be focused in the future? is addressed by a proposed...
Minimum Wages and Poverty in a Developing Country: Simulations from Indonesia's Household Survey
Summary This study focuses on minimum wages, income distribution, and poverty, taking Indonesia as a case study. A simulation approach assesses who benefits and who pays for minimum wage increases....