Graduate School of Global Humanities and Social Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan.
Faculty of Economics, State University of Gorontalo, Gorontalo 96128, Indonesia.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Dec 28;19(1):306. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010306.
This research empirically examines the preferences for job-related attributes among rural villagers living close to artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) in Indonesia. Based on hypothetical scenarios in which a private company collaborates with the local government to establish a food processing industry in these villages, a questionnaire survey designed with best-worst scaling (BWS) was administered to households to determine their preferences. Additionally, the heterogeneity among the villagers was examined by applying a latent class logit (LCL) model. The main household survey was conducted in 2019 in Bone Bolango Regency, Gorontalo Province. The estimation results revealed that villagers are separated into four classes, and each class has different and unique preferences. Creating more job opportunities for society is a highly evaluated attribute; however, the preference for skill acquisition differs among groups. The results indicate that accounting for heterogeneous preferences regarding job opportunities is helpful to delink dependency on ASGM and health hazards and improve the livelihoods of rural villagers. The study yields key information to substantially reduce environmental and health hazards in the poverty-plagued ASGM community by facilitating job opportunities in Indonesia.
本研究通过实证检验了印度尼西亚临近个体和小规模金矿开采（ASGM）的农村居民对工作相关属性的偏好。研究基于一个假设情景，即一家私营公司与地方政府合作在这些村庄建立一个食品加工业，通过最佳最差标度（BWS）设计问卷对家庭进行调查，以确定他们的偏好。此外，还应用潜在类别逻辑回归（LCL）模型对村民的异质性进行了检验。主要的家庭调查于 2019 年在哥伦打洛省博纳波隆县进行。估计结果表明，村民被分为四类，每类都有不同且独特的偏好。为社会创造更多的就业机会是一个高度评价的属性；然而，对于技能获取的偏好在不同群体中存在差异。结果表明，考虑到对就业机会的异质偏好有助于减少对 ASGM 和健康危害的依赖，改善农村居民的生计。该研究为印度尼西亚创造就业机会提供了关键信息，有助于减少贫困的 ASGM 社区的环境和健康危害。
