The Impact of The Covid-19 Pandemic on Poverty Gap in Indonesia

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10.2991/aebmr.k.211225.007How to use a DOI?

Keywords

gap; poverty; urban; rural

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has driven the incidence of poverty. However, how the pandemic affects the poverty gap is less studied. This study analyzes the poverty gap in urban and rural of Indonesia during the pandemic. The research uses secondary data published by Statistics Indonesia for 2019 and 2020, wherein the analysis units are all the provinces in Indonesia. The gap poverty index measures the poverty gap. The impact of the pandemic was estimated by testing the difference in the gap poverty before the pandemic (2019 period) compared to the gap poverty during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020 period), specifically in the first and second semester. Paired and independent sample t-tests were used for data analysis. The results show different poverty gaps in urban and rural areas of Indonesia before and during the pandemic. The pandemic triggers an increase in the poverty gap in urban areas driven by economic contraction, especially the service sector. Although the population of poor people in Indonesia’s urban areas has increased higher than in rural areas during the pandemic, the poverty gap in rural areas is higher than in urban areas. Therefore, social safety net programs also need to consider the rural besides in urban areas.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ernawati
AU  - Tajuddin
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/01/13
TI  - The Impact of The Covid-19 Pandemic on Poverty Gap in Indonesia
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Innovation Track Accounting and Management Sciences (ICOSIAMS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 38
EP  - 42
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.211225.007
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.211225.007
ID  - 2022
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