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income-inequality

Economy 1 year ago

Workers see dramatic fall in share of global income: UN

Workers have seen their slice of the global income pie shrink significantly over the past two decades, swelling inequality and depriving the combined labor force of trillions, while capital income concentrates ever more among the wealthiest.

Editorial 2 years ago

Addressing economic inequality

One of the causes of widening income inequality is the structure of personal income tax (PIT), which until 2021 favored the upper middle income and rich taxpayers.

Academia 2 years ago

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The economics of ‘qurban’ and efforts to address the income gap

The income disparity is evident in the consumption of essential but expensive food items such as meat, which is unaffordable for the lower-income population.

Economy 4 years ago

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Majority of affluent Indonesians plan to retire early

A recent survey shows that 58 percent of affluent Indonesians plan to retire early, and four in five have started saving or investing to make it happen. This contrasts with the reality faced by the average Indonesian.

World 5 years ago

Hire women of color, pay them well, promote them, UK companies are told

A leading group pushing for gender diversity set British business a new goal on Wednesday - hire more women of color, pay them properly and help them reach the top of the corporate ladder.

Politics 6 years ago

State should stop interfering with citizens' personal matters: Lawmaker

In a speech at the National Health Work Meeting in Jakarta on Wednesday, Muhadjir suggested that rich people should marry those who came from low-income families, arguing that such marriages would help reduce the national poverty rate.

Opinion 6 years ago

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Minding the poverty gap in Indonesia with geography

Indonesia is facing a widening gap between the rich and the poor. The Gini ratio in 2018 stood at 0.39 and welfare improvements for the richest group have been far more effective than improvements for the poorest group.

Opinion 7 years ago

Private wealth or public goods?

Our inequality reports have charted the rise and rise of the lucky few over recent years.

Opinion 7 years ago

The gig economy and skills traps in Indonesia

A Go-Jek driver, for example, will always be a Go-Jek driver. He or she cannot upskill in their craft or take on a management role. They quite simply drive all day.

Editorial 7 years ago

EDITORIAL: Addressing income inequality

This inequality issue could be overly exploited by narrow-minded politicians to mislead the public about the real problems, even at the risk of stirring social conflict.

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