Trade and employment in services in Indonesia: policy brief

This study investigates the growth of services in Indonesia linkages with other sectors in terms of value-added and employment using statistics from the national accounts, trade and labour force data and input-output data.

Services have played an increasingly influential role in the Indonesian economy and employment since the Asian Financial Crisis. On both counts services now dominates other sectors. While most of the jobs are linked to domestic rather than international sources of demand, jobs created through exports are also significant in both modern and traditional segments of the sector.