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Biography
Firman Witoelar joined the Indonesia Project, Crawford School of Public Policy, in November 2018. Previously he was the research director of SurveyMeter, a research organization based in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Before that he was a research economist at the development economics research group (DECRG) at the World Bank, Washington, DC. He holds a PhD in Economics from the Michigan State University and was a Rockefeller Postdoctoral Fellow at the Economic Growth Center, Yale University.
Since 2000, Firman has been involved with the development and implementation of Indonesia Family Life Survey including as one of the Co-Principal Investigators of IFLS4 (2007) and IFLS5 (2014).
Firman is a faculty affiliate at Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and at CPC Learning Network, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University.
Research interests
Microeconomics of development: health behavior and outcomes, economics of aging, education and labor market outcomes, consumption and income dynamics, intersection of poverty and gender, long term dynamics of human capital formation and outcomes, survey design and methodology, and impact evaluation.
Qualifications
Researcher's projects
Selected projects (ongoing):
- Indonesia Family Life Surveys (Co-Principal Investigator) IFLS
- Empowering Indonesian Migrant Workers to Access Quality Overseas Placement Services (Principal Investigator) AEA RCT Registry: AEARCTR-0000630
- The Supply-side and Demand-side Effects of Financial Incentives: Experimental Evidence from Branchless Banking Agents in Rural Indonesia (Principal Investigator) AEA RCT Registry: AEARCTR-0003167
- An Evaluation of Illicit Drug User Rehabilitation in Indonesia (Principal Investigator)
- Long-term Human Capital Consequences of Childhood Exposure to Malaria in the Pacific (Principal Investigator)
Expertise Areas
- Agricultural Economics
- Economic Development and Growth
- Economics of Education
- Health Economics
- Labour Economics
- Family and Household Studies
- Migration
- Impact Evaluation
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Indonesia Project Phase V
Resosudarmo, B., Aspinall, E., Atmosukarto, I., Bessell, S., Bexley, A., Burke, P., Cribb, R., Dong, X., Kartaadipoetra, F., Lewis, B., McCarthy, J., Mietzner, M., Munira, L., Nisa, E., Resosudarmo, I. A. P., Tapsell, R., Warburton, E., White, S. & van der Eng, P.
Commonwealth Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)
31/10/22 → 30/06/26
Project: Research
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Migrant Status and the Wellbeing Gap: The Case of an Ethnically Diverse, High-Conflict Area in Indonesia
Sollis, K., Resosudarmo, B., Kartaadipoetra, F., Riswandi, R. & Mollet, J. A., 2023, In: Journal of Happiness Studies. 24, p. 1781–1811Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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The unfolding of women’s economic empowerment outcomes: Time path of impacts in an Indonesia trial
Buvinic, M., Knowles, J. & Kartaadipoetra, F., 2022, In: World Development. 158, October 2022, 105974Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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COVID-19 and Health Systems Challenges of Non-communicable Diseases
Kartaadipoetra, F. & Miranti, R., 2021, Economic Dimensions of COVID-19 in Indonesia: Responding to the Crisis. Lewis Blane, Firman Witoelar (ed.). 1 ed. Singapore: ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute, p. 150-169Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Economic Dimensions of COVID-19 in Indonesia: Responding to the Crisis
Lewis, B. & Kartaadipoetra, F., 2021, 1 ed. Singapore: ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute. 223 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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In-and-out of tobacco farming: Shifting behavior of tobacco farmers in Indonesia
Sahadewo, G., Drope, J., Li, Q., Kartaadipoetra, F. & Lencucha, R., 2020, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17, 24, p. 1-16Research output: Contribution to journal › Article