Randi Kurniawan

Mr. Randi Kurniawan

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Academic Career Length

3Years (2024-Present)

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21 November 2024 in Economies
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AAAgussalim Agussalim
Agussalim Agussalim
NNNursini Nursini
Nursini Nursini
SSSultan Suhab
Sultan Suhab
RKRandi Kurniawan
Randi Kurniawan
SSSalman Samir
Salman Samir
TTTawakkal Tawakkal
Tawakkal Tawakkal
One of the factors impeding the decline in poverty in Indonesia is the government’s lack of attention to the need to reduce income inequality. Fiscal policy and economic growth can effectively reduce poverty by lowering income inequality, so the inequality channel must be considered. Socioeconomic and infrastructure differences between provinces can influence the effectiveness of economic growth and fiscal policy in reducing poverty. This study aimed to assess the effects of economic growth and fiscal policy regarding spending and taxes on direct and indirect poverty reduction through lowering income inequality, as well as considering how these variables influence poverty by province. This study employed secondary data, including panel data for 2010–2023 from 34 provinces in Indonesia, which were analyzed using autoregressive cross-lagged SEM. This study found that economic growth and fiscal policy regarding spending on education and health are statistically significant in directly reducing poverty in regions outside Java but do not affect it through income inequality. Taxes increase income inequality, and the social safety net does not reduce poverty outside Java. The increased spending on education and health should continue, but improvements are needed in terms of targeting social safety nets and tax reforms to strengthen the system and reduce inequality.
25 October 2024 in Preprints.org
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AAAgussalim Agussalim
Agussalim Agussalim
NNNursini Nursini
Nursini Nursini
SSSultan Suhab
Sultan Suhab
RKRandi Kurniawan
Randi Kurniawan
SSSalman Samir
Salman Samir
TTTawakkal Tawakkal
Tawakkal Tawakkal
One of the factors leading to the slow decline in poverty in Indonesia is the lack of government at-tention to reduce income inequality. Fiscal policy and economic growth can effectively reduce poverty after lowering income inequality, so the inequality channel must be considered. Socioec-onomic and infrastructure differences between provinces can influence the effectiveness of eco-nomic growth and fiscal policy in reducing poverty. This study aims to assess the effects of eco-nomic growth and fiscal policy on spending and taxes on direct and indirect poverty reduction through lowering income inequality and how these variables influence poverty by province. This study employed secondary data, including panel data for 2010-2023 from 34 provinces in Indo-nesia, which were analyzed using an autoregressive cross-lagged SEM model. The study finds that economic growth and fiscal policy on spending on education and health are statistically sig-nificant in reducing poverty directly in non-Java but do not affect it through income inequality. Taxes increase income inequality, and the social safety net does not reduce poverty outside Java. Increased spending on education and health should continue, with improvements in targeting so-cial safety nets and tax reforms needed to make the system more progressive and reduce inequality
31 August 2025 in Jurnal Ekonomi Pembangunan
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RKRandi Kurniawan
Randi Kurniawan
AAAhmad Faqhruddin Abdur-Rabb
Ahmad Faqhruddin Abdur-Rabb
One of the community-based government initiatives aimed at expanding employment opportunities in Indonesia is the Joint Enterprise Group (KUBE). This study examines the impact of KUBE on individual employment outcomes using two waves of the Indonesia Family Life Survey (IFLS) data from 2007 and 2014. Employing the Difference-in-Difference (DID) technique, the analysis finds that the presence of KUBE in a community is associated with a higher probability of adults gaining employment. However, the positive effect is concentrated in the category of casual workers, while no significant effect is observed for other employment types such as self-employment or formal wage work. Interestingly, the existence of KUBE is also associated with a lower probability of individuals working as unpaid family labor. These findings suggest that KUBE has the potential to promote labor absorption in poor communities, particularly in informal sectors. Therefore, expanding KUBE’s coverage and integrating it with complementary policies could enhance its role in stimulating economic activity and improving community welfare.