Half-hearted policies on mobility restrictions during COVID-19 in Indonesia: A portrait of large informal economy country
This study measures the effectiveness of government’s transportation policy on mobility restriction during the COVID-19 pandemic using publicly available big datasets. Using a causal difference-in-difference (DiD) analysis and regression discontinuity design (RDD), we examine the impact of non-pharm...
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| author | Khoirunurrofik Khoirunurrofik Faris Abdurrachman Lovina Aisha Malika Putri |
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| description | This study measures the effectiveness of government’s transportation policy on mobility restriction during the COVID-19 pandemic using publicly available big datasets. Using a causal difference-in-difference (DiD) analysis and regression discontinuity design (RDD), we examine the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) on the aggregate population mobility of cities and regencies across Indonesia. Our results show that during the period of the first so-called “Large-scale Social Restrictions” or “Pembatasan Sosial Berskala Besar” (PSBB I) from April to May 2020, NPIs reduced mobility by 5.4% relative to pre-pandemic baseline and accounted for a small portion of mobility decline in cities or regencies that instituted mobility restrictions. The impact of the second PSBB policy (PSBB II) from September to November 2020 was smaller, with a mobility reduction of only 1.8%–2.9%, depending on the window of observation and sample. Lastly, the “Imposition of Restriction on Social Activity” or Pemberlakuan Pembatasan Kegiatan Masyarakat (PPKM) policy beginning in January 2021 has had a more negligible impact, with mobility reduction of approximately 0.6–2.1%. These findings indicate that the effectiveness of mobility restrictions tend to decrease over time. The decline in effectiveness may be the result of the increased cost of social distancing over long periods of time and the declining stringency of the mobility restrictions being imposed, which may be particularly pronounced for emerging countries with a large informal sector, such as Indonesia. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7975b337ae694a429235b1aa1d1dd57a2022-12-22T00:03:22ZengElsevierTransportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives2590-19822022-03-0113100517Half-hearted policies on mobility restrictions during COVID-19 in Indonesia: A portrait of large informal economy countryKhoirunurrofik Khoirunurrofik0Faris Abdurrachman1Lovina Aisha Malika Putri2Institute for Economic and Social Research, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia; Research Cluster on Energy Modeling and Regional Economic Analysis (RCEMREA), Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia; Corresponding author at: Kampus UI Salemba, Salemba Raya 4, Jakarta 10430, Indonesia.Institute for Economic and Social Research, Universitas Indonesia, IndonesiaInstitute for Economic and Social Research, Universitas Indonesia, IndonesiaThis study measures the effectiveness of government’s transportation policy on mobility restriction during the COVID-19 pandemic using publicly available big datasets. Using a causal difference-in-difference (DiD) analysis and regression discontinuity design (RDD), we examine the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) on the aggregate population mobility of cities and regencies across Indonesia. Our results show that during the period of the first so-called “Large-scale Social Restrictions” or “Pembatasan Sosial Berskala Besar” (PSBB I) from April to May 2020, NPIs reduced mobility by 5.4% relative to pre-pandemic baseline and accounted for a small portion of mobility decline in cities or regencies that instituted mobility restrictions. The impact of the second PSBB policy (PSBB II) from September to November 2020 was smaller, with a mobility reduction of only 1.8%–2.9%, depending on the window of observation and sample. Lastly, the “Imposition of Restriction on Social Activity” or Pemberlakuan Pembatasan Kegiatan Masyarakat (PPKM) policy beginning in January 2021 has had a more negligible impact, with mobility reduction of approximately 0.6–2.1%. These findings indicate that the effectiveness of mobility restrictions tend to decrease over time. The decline in effectiveness may be the result of the increased cost of social distancing over long periods of time and the declining stringency of the mobility restrictions being imposed, which may be particularly pronounced for emerging countries with a large informal sector, such as Indonesia.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590198221002220H12D70I18D80 |
| spellingShingle | Khoirunurrofik Khoirunurrofik Faris Abdurrachman Lovina Aisha Malika Putri Half-hearted policies on mobility restrictions during COVID-19 in Indonesia: A portrait of large informal economy country Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives H12 D70 I18 D80 |
| title | Half-hearted policies on mobility restrictions during COVID-19 in Indonesia: A portrait of large informal economy country |
| title_full | Half-hearted policies on mobility restrictions during COVID-19 in Indonesia: A portrait of large informal economy country |
| title_fullStr | Half-hearted policies on mobility restrictions during COVID-19 in Indonesia: A portrait of large informal economy country |
| title_full_unstemmed | Half-hearted policies on mobility restrictions during COVID-19 in Indonesia: A portrait of large informal economy country |
| title_short | Half-hearted policies on mobility restrictions during COVID-19 in Indonesia: A portrait of large informal economy country |
| title_sort | half hearted policies on mobility restrictions during covid 19 in indonesia a portrait of large informal economy country |
| topic | H12 D70 I18 D80 |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590198221002220 |
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