Manufacturing employment in Java

Abstract

This thesis analyzes the nature of manufacturing employment in Java. The term of "manufacturing workers" in this study, refers to those who worked in the manufacturing sector during the pre-enumeration week. Manufacturing sector in Indonesia has grown rapidly in recent years. However, Indonesia, also Java is considered still in the threshold of industrialization. The pattern of labour force participation, as well as unemployment in the working population does not lie beyond what are usually found in developing countries in general. The characteristics of the manufacturing workers in Java are virtually the same as those of the total population in Java.. The occupational distribution of manufacturing workers in Java is what one might expect from a country with such a low educational background. The manufacturing employment in terms of its rate and utilization varies among provinces associated with differences in socio-demographic, economic and cultural of the regions.