Socio-Political And Economic Determinants Of Income Inequality In Indonesia

Authors

  • Ichsan Zulkarnaen Ministry of National Development Planning

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36574/jpp.v1i3.21

Keywords:

Income inequality, OLS, FDI, Democracy, Government Spending

Abstract

Income inequality in Indonesia has rapidly enlarged in recent years. This paper aims to examine the causes of highly persistent income inequality in Indonesia. In
contrast to other previous studies that investigated income inequality focusing only on economic factors, this paper also looks at social and political elements. Using Ordinary Least Square (OLS) method, I found that democracy has no significant impact on income inequality. In addition, the study found a significant relationship between government spending and income inequality. In addition, I also found evidence that foreign direct investment (FDI) flows have an impact to improve income inequality in Indonesia. There are several relevant policy conclusions that can be drawn from this study.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biography

Ichsan Zulkarnaen, Ministry of National Development Planning

A Senior Planner at Directorate for Macro Planning and Statistical Analysis, Ministry of National Development
Planning/Bappenas

Downloads

Published

2017-12-11

How to Cite

Ichsan Zulkarnaen. (2017). Socio-Political And Economic Determinants Of Income Inequality In Indonesia. Jurnal Perencanaan Pembangunan: The Indonesian Journal of Development Planning, 1(3), 224–239. https://doi.org/10.36574/jpp.v1i3.21