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Migration, Ethnic Diversity, and Economic Growth: Towards an Empirical Understanding of Regional Development in Indonesia

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dc.contributor.authorAris Ananta
dc.contributor.authorEvi Nurvidya Arifin
dc.contributor.authorAri Purbowati
dc.contributor.authorPaul J. Carnegie
dc.contributor.editorProfessor Lian Kwen Fee
dc.contributor.editorAssoc. Professor Paul J. Carnegie
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-10T00:57:13Z
dc.date.available2025-11-10T00:57:13Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractIt is a commonly held assumption that while migrants can contribute to economic growth, their impacts on population composition may also generate socio-cultural tensions and political instability. As such, ethnic diversity of a province or a community may have a positive or negative affect on regional development. This raises the question of whether impacts of migration on ethnic diversity correlate with economic growth. Taking Indonesia as the locus of the study, the following paper presents new empirical data in response to that question. By analysing statistics on ethnic groups and regional composition derived primarily from the Indonesia 2010 Population Census and cross referencing them with recent ethnic classifications and fractionalisation and polarisation indexes, a fuller overview of ethnic diversity across the archipelago and its relationship to migration and economic growth is gained. Based on the data, a mixed pattern emerges on the role ethnic diversity plays in intermediating the relationship between migration and economic growth. The findings suggest a correlation between indicators of ethnic diversity and economic regions but in less developed regions in particular, other variables also modulate the relation between migration and economic growth. While ethnic diversity appears to be a primary variable in more developed regions.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.ubd.edu.bn/handle/123456789/3620
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInstitute of Asian Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam
dc.relation.ispartofseries66
dc.subject.lcshMigration, Internal—Indonesia
dc.subject.lcshEthnic groups—Indonesia
dc.subject.lcshCultural pluralism—Indonesia
dc.subject.lcshEconomic development—Indonesia
dc.subject.lcshEthnicity—Economic aspects—Indonesia
dc.titleMigration, Ethnic Diversity, and Economic Growth: Towards an Empirical Understanding of Regional Development in Indonesia
dc.typeWorking Paper
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