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NEW NORMAL BETWEEN UNEMPLOYED AND OVERWORKED

The emergence of globalisation and digitalisation has altered the labour market landscape between countries. Superfast development of information and communication technology (ICT) has even revolutionised employment. This revolution is gradually eliminating some jobs. Machines are replacing human workers. On the other hand, however, the demand for workers with ICT skills has increased significantly.
​The latest research from Bank Indonesia provides evidence for this. Conducted by Deniey A. Purwanto et al. (2021) from the Faculty of Economics and Management, Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) and funded by the central bank under the Bank Indonesia Research Grant (RGBI).

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BI-Epsilon is a blog containing a nontechnical summary of research papers conducted at Bank Indonesia. This page displays the most recent research conducted at the central bank of Indonesia on economic, monetary policy and financial market, macroprudential and financial system, and payment systems dan digitalizations. Also, issues on leadership and other relevant soft skills.

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