Human capital development and income inequality in Indonesia: Evidence from a nonlinear autoregressive distributed lag (NARDL) analysis

Thye, Goh Lim and Law, Siong Hook and Trinugroho, Irwan (2022) Human capital development and income inequality in Indonesia: Evidence from a nonlinear autoregressive distributed lag (NARDL) analysis. Cogent Economics and Finance, 10 (1). ISSN 23322039, DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2022.2129372.

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Abstract

Indonesia ranks sixth globally in terms of wealth distribution inequality. Changes in human capital development may affect labor force efficiency and productivity as well as wages and income inequality levels. This study applies a nonlinear autoregressive distributed lag (NARDL) model to data from 1970 to 2019 to investigate the asymmetric impact of human capital development on income inequality in Indonesia. Our results provide significant evidence of the long-run asymmetric effects of human capital development on income inequality. More specifically, income inequality responded more significantly to increase in human capital development than to reduction. Hence, policymakers should establish inclusive lifelong learning systems that concentrate on skill enhancement, such as re-training and re-skilling, and technical and vocational training (TVET) systems to enhance a country’s human capital development. © 2022 The Author(s). This open access article is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license.

Item Type: Article
Funders: Universitas Sebelas Maret [Grant No.; 255/UN27.22/PM.01.01/2022]
Uncontrolled Keywords: Asymmetric cointegration; Human capital development; Income inequality; Indonesia
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
Divisions: Faculty of Business and Economics > Department of Economics and Applied Statistics
Depositing User: Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim
Date Deposited: 29 Dec 2023 03:59
Last Modified: 29 Dec 2023 03:59
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/43858

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