The COVID-19 pandemic has hit urban areas particularly hard, yet there is a lack of research on the hypothesis that living in more compact cities can provide better support for work and social conditions during the pandemic. This study addresses this gap by examining whether city compactness can mitigate the negative impact of the pandemic on the work and social life of urban residents in Jakarta, Indonesia. The study uses a household phone survey combined with publicly available urban form data. Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression, supplemented with a matching technique to address potential selection bias, is employed. The results suggest that living in more compact locations can reduce the disruption to work and social life associated with COVID-19 in urban communities. This positive effect is particularly experienced by males, non-migrants, and individuals from wealthy families.
Density is an important indicator closely related to the rate of urbanisation in cities. Density alters social capital, yet the directions of the association remain an open empirical investigation. This study aims to analyse how density and social capital are related in Jakarta, the capital, and the most populous city in Indonesia. Utilising a simple regression and an entropy balance approach to address the selection issue, this study finds that an increase in density of 10 thousand inhabitants per square kilometre is associated with a 2% higher possibility of societies having high social capital. The result is also robust using another definition of social capital and transformation of density variable. A policy recommendation that can be taken based on this study’s results is that the government can design dense urban planning as a model of sustainable urban design, particularly the sustainability in social aspects.
Penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui pengaruh Indeks Kompensasi Tenaga Kerja (IKTK), Indeks Pembangunan Manusia (IPM), Indeks Pembangunan Ekonomi Insklusif (IPEI) terhadap Indeks Pembangunan Ketenagakerjaan (IPK) melalui Indeks Kualitas Pekerjaan (IKP). Data yang digunakan berasal dari Badan Pusat Statistik, Bappenas dan Kemenaker menggunakan data 34 Provinsi Tahun 2020. Model yang digunakan adalah model SEM PLS dengan bantuan software SmartPLS 3.8. Hasil yang didapat IKTK, IPM, IPEI berpengaruh langsung terhadap IKP. Di sisi lain IKTK, IPM, IPEI berpengaruh tidak langsung terhadap IPK melalui IKP. Diperlukan kebijakan-kebijakan yang tepat sasaran dalam meningkatkan kualitas dan pembangunan ketenagakerjaan di Indonesia.
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