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Table 1 Assumptions and values used in the analysis

From: The yearly financing need of providing paid maternity leave in the informal sector in Indonesia

Items

Value used in base scenario

Sources

Exchange rate (2019)

Rp 14,236/US$

Bank of Indonesia [59]

Rate of cash benefit provided to employees by employers (%)

100

ILO [7]

Minimum wage per month (US$)a

159.20 (39.80/week)

 

2/3 of minimum wage per month (US$)a

106.13 (26.53/week)

 

Family Hope cash transfer per month [47, 48]

168.59 (42.15/week)

 

Poverty line per month (3.2US$ PPP 2011 per day, converted into 2018 nominal value using PPP conversion of Rp5,341.5/US$ and 2019 exchange rate)

36.02 (9.01/week)

The World Bank [49], Ministry of National Development Planning of Republic of Indonesia [60]

Number of WRA (15–49 years)

71,182,875

The World Bank [46]

Percentage of working WRA (%)

50.17

National Bureau of Statistics Indonesia [24]

Percentage of women working in the informal sector (out of working WRA) (%)

59.11

National Bureau of Statistics Indonesia [24]

Potential coverage of women working in the informal sector potentially eligible to receive paid maternity leave (%)

21c and 100

ILO [7]

Length of maternity leave (weeks)

13, 14, 18 and 26

Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration of Republic of Indonesia [26], WHO [3]

Administration cost per female covered (US$)b

35 (2018)

The World Bank [29]

Indonesian GDP nominal 2018 (US$)

1,042,173,300,000

The World Bank [61]

  1. aThe wage reflects average provincial minimum wage, compiled from various provincial regulation documents; bassumed to be similar to the Family Hope Program [29], adjusted to 2018 value using CPI of 147% (2010 = 100) [57]; cMean of coverage in law of maternity leave [7]
  2. This table shows all of the assumptions and values used in the calculation