The Social and Economic Characteristics of the Street Vendors in Bandung and Yogyakarta, Indonesia by Zarida , Scientific Research Journal (Scirj), Volume IV, Issue X, October 2016 Edition

Scirj Volume IV, Issue X, October 2016 Edition
ISSN: 2201-2796

The Social and Economic Characteristics of the Street Vendors in Bandung and Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Zarida

Abstract: The street vendors plays important role in many cities of Indonesia. However, studies that examine the social and economic characteristics of these business activities are limited. For this reason, this study aims at discussing the social and economic characteristic of the informal sector in two cities of Indonesia. These two cities are Bandung in the province of West Java and Yogyakarta, in the province of DI Yogyakarta. The method used to collect the data and information is by using questionnaires and in-depth interviews. The number of sampled in this survey was 100. The study found that most of the street vendors have educational background less than senior high school. They mostly come to the cities partly because of difficulty to get jobs in rural areas. In addition, the source of capital to establish the business activity was from their own source. The daily profit earned from this business activity is mostly for the daily needs and almost no respondents are able to save their income from this business activity. The government faced dilemma to assist these business activities as they may be able to push the growing rural urban migration. Therefore, much remain to be done by the government to seek better solutions for the large number of the street vendors in both cities of Bandung and Jogyakarta under surveyed in particular and in Indonesia in general.

Reference this Paper: The Social and Economic Characteristics of the Street Vendors in Bandung and Yogyakarta, Indonesia by Zarida published at: "Scientific Research Journal (Scirj), Volume IV, Issue X, October 2016 Edition, Page 29-34 ".

Search Terms: The street vendors, social and economic characteristics, profit earned, dilemma

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