Open AccessDampak Program Bantuan Tunai (Cash Transfer) terhadap Kesejahteraan Subyektif di Indonesia
Author(s) -
Ali Akbar Khomaini
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indonesian treasury review/indonesian treasury review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2622-4399
pISSN - 2527-2721
DOI - 10.33105/itrev.v5i1.161
Subject(s) - beneficiary , poverty , cash transfers , psychology , cash , family life , life satisfaction , panel data , indonesian , perception , social psychology , business , economics , socioeconomics , economic growth , finance , econometrics , neuroscience , linguistics , philosophy
Cash transfer programs have become the main poverty-alleviating policy in several developing countries. This study analyzes the perceived impact of Direct Cash Assistance (BLT) as an Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT) program in Indonesia by examining beneficiary households’ subjective wellbeing. Two rounds of Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS) panel data from 2007 (IFLS-4) and 2015 (IFLS-5) are used, from which this study take the subjective wellbeing indicators. Three main categories of subjective wellbeing components are developed using Principle Component Analysis (PCA): family satisfaction, future perception, and children. Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) and fixed effect methods are used to determine the impact of UCT program on subjective wellbeing. The Indonesian UCT program is negatively correlated or has no impact on improving recipients’ subjective wellbeing compared to that of non-recipients. Out of the three subjective wellbeing components, family satisfaction appears to have received significant and positive impact from the UCT program. UCT may also help beneficiaries maintain stable consumption level during short-term economic shocks, but future perception and children’s wellbeing perception are not found to be affected.