Authors:
A. M. Tjahjadi
1
;
C. A. Purwandari
2
and
N.W.G Massie
3
Affiliations:
1
Research Analyst at The World Bank, Indonesia, Indonesia
;
2
Analyst at Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs of Republic of Indonesia, Indonesia
;
3
Research Assistant at Institute for Economic and Social Research, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia, Indonesia
Keyword(s):
#ICIB, Profitability, SME, Quantile Regression
Abstract:
Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) has an important role in the Indonesian Economy based on the fact that more than 90 percent of domestic employment is in this sector. At the same time, the Government of Indonesia enacted law 20/2008, which is focused on strengthening SMEs' participation in economic growth, job creation, and poverty reduction. Using Small Medium Enterprises Dataset of Indonesia from 2010 to 2015 which consisted of 50,000 businesses observations, the research investigated the research problem: the business conditions and business profitability in Indonesia. We used quantile regression and descriptive methods involving the owner's characteristics, such as: gender, age, years of education; and production factor, such as: material cost, and amount of production. We found that: 1) the owner characteristics and production factor had significant changes in the medium business sector over the 5 year period; 2) in the recent year, the owner characteristics played important role
in the small business sector, compared to the 5 years earlier. From the policy perspective, the government could increase the profitability factor in SMEs by ensuring the coordination between stakeholders.
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