Tifani Husna Siregar
Assistant Professor, School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University
Waseda University
About Me
Hello! I am Tifani Husna Siregar. I am an Assistant Professor at the School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University. I received my PhD from the Graduate School of Economics, Waseda University. My dissertation focused on the impacts of minimum wages on the Indonesian labor market.
Education
PhD in Economics, 2022
Waseda University
Master of Arts in Economics, 2014
Waseda University
Bachelor in Economics and Development Studies, 2010
Bogor Agricultural University
Work Experience
Research Assistant
Research assistant:
- Project: Analyzing Infrastructure Impacts in Asia Through Big Data: Socioeconomic Spillover Assessment
- Project: Resilient Compensation and Restitution for Post-Disaster Recovery in Asia and the Pacific
PIC of Daily Communications with Indonesian Counterparts (part-time)
Responsibilities include:
- PIC of daily communication with Indonesian counterparts (ex-convicted terrorists, government officials, NGOs, etc.)
- Translation (Indonesian-English and vice versa)
Corporate Credit Analyst - Research Analyst
Responsibilities include:
- Analyzing companies' financial statements
- Analyzing trends in industries
- Analyzing and modeling the Indonesian macroeconomic conditions
- Writing and presenting reports on industries and Indonesian economy both within the bank and to the banks' clients.
Intern
Internet research and phone survey to companies located in Indonesia.
Intern
Responsibilities include:
- Data collection and analysis
- Report writing
- Translation (Indonesian-English and vice versa)
Publications (Peer-Reviewed)
(2021).
Investigating the Effects of Minimum Wages on Employment, Unemployment, and Labour Participation in Java Indonesia: A Dynamic Spatial Panel Approach.
In Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies Forthcoming.
(2020).
Impacts of minimum wages on employment and unemployment in Indonesia.
In Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy.
Publications (others)
Accomplishments
Quantitative Methods for Causal Inference and Policy Evaluation Course
Spatial Econometrics Course
Finalist, Essay Competition
Essay Title: Should Life Insurance Companies be More Social? An Analysis of the Impact of Social Media Usage on the Performance of Indonesian Life Insurance Companies
First Place, Essay Competition
Essay Title: The Indonesian Life Insurance Industry: Untapped Potential in the Sharia Based Life Insurance Market
Young Doctoral Student Scholarship
Awarded this scholarship for 3 years
Okazaki Kaheita International Student Scholarship
Awarded this scholarship for 1 year intensive Japanese language course and 2 years master’s degree course
Talks & Presentations
An Empirical Evidence and Proposal on the Spillover Effects of Information and Communication Technology Infrastructure in India
Presentation (with Prof. Naoyuki Yoshino) at the Asian Economic Development Conference 2022
An Empirical Evidence and Proposal on the Spillover Effects of Information and Communication Technology Infrastructure in India
Paper with Prof. Naoyuki Yoshino, Deepanshu Agarwal, Dr. Dina Azghaliyeva, Dr. KE Seetharam
Investigating the Effects of Minimum Wages on Employment, Unemployment, and Labor Force Participation in Indonesia: A Dynamic Spatial Panel Approach