Transmigration and Human Capital Development in Indonesia

English

Abstract

This paper investigates the impact of transmigration on human capital development in Indonesia during President Soeharto's
era in the transmigration program (1969 - 1997) on the development of human capital in Indonesia, especially in transmigration areas. transmigrants at the turn of the 20th century had a positive impact on the development of human capital in Indonesia today. This is evidenced by empirical evidence using the Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) method by adopting the Índice Firjan de Desenvolvimento Municipal (IFDM) method to calculate the index. Human capital development in Indonesia. We find that the transmigration program from 1969 to 1997 positively impacted human capital development in Indonesia.