This paper examines how institutional dynamics among regulatory institutions affect the governance of the recruitment of Indonesian low-skilled migrant workers. Two institutional reforms have been made to create better governance for Indonesian migrant workers in the post-authoritarian era. One was the establishment of the National Agency for the Placement and Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (BNP2TKI) while the other was the granting of greater responsibility to sub-national governments to supervise migrant worker recruitment. In spite of these institutional reforms, little progress has been made in the protection of Indonesian migrant workers. The paper reveals that the restrictive regulatory framework for the recruitment of migrant workers, which curbs private recruitment agencies, does not create better migrant worker governance. This regulatory framework does not take into consideration the horizontal relationship between the old and new institutions, and the vertical relationship between the central and sub-national governments. Horizontally, the institutional design of the proposed new regulatory framework has created institutional rivalry between the newly established regulatory actor and the old one. Vertically, the reluctance of central government to decentralise authority to sub-national governments has curtailed the ability of sub-national governments to perform a supervisory role in the recruitment process. These two inter-related factors have hindered the efforts to create a better recruitment process for Indonesian migrant workers.

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农民工招聘中监管者的制度动态

本文研究了监管机构之间的制度动态如何影响印度尼西亚低技能移民工人招聘的治理。为在后专制时代为印度尼西亚移民工人创造更好的治理，已经进行了两项制度改革。一是成立了印尼移民工人安置和保护国家机构（BNP2TKI），而另一个是赋予地方政府更大的责任来监督移民工人的招聘。尽管进行了这些体制改革，但在保护印度尼西亚移民工人方面进展甚微。该论文揭示了限制私营招聘机构的农民工招聘监管框架并没有创造更好的农民工治理。这种监管框架没有考虑新旧机构之间的横向关系，以及中央和地方政府之间的纵向关系。从横向来看，拟议的新监管框架的制度设计在新成立的监管参与者和旧监管参与者之间造成了制度竞争。从纵向上看，中央政府不愿将权力下放到地方政府，削弱了地方政府在招聘过程中发挥监督作用的能力。这两个相互关联的因素阻碍了为印度尼西亚移民工人创造更好的招聘流程的努力。以及中央和地方政府之间的纵向关系。从横向来看，拟议的新监管框架的制度设计在新成立的监管参与者和旧监管参与者之间造成了制度竞争。从纵向上看，中央政府不愿将权力下放到地方政府，削弱了地方政府在招聘过程中发挥监督作用的能力。这两个相互关联的因素阻碍了为印度尼西亚移民工人创造更好的招聘流程的努力。以及中央和地方政府之间的纵向关系。从横向来看，拟议的新监管框架的制度设计在新成立的监管参与者和旧监管参与者之间造成了制度竞争。从纵向上看，中央政府不愿将权力下放到地方政府，削弱了地方政府在招聘过程中发挥监督作用的能力。这两个相互关联的因素阻碍了为印度尼西亚移民工人创造更好的招聘流程的努力。中央政府不愿将权力下放给地方政府，削弱了地方政府在招聘过程中发挥监督作用的能力。这两个相互关联的因素阻碍了为印度尼西亚移民工人创造更好的招聘流程的努力。中央政府不愿将权力下放给地方政府，削弱了地方政府在招聘过程中发挥监督作用的能力。这两个相互关联的因素阻碍了为印度尼西亚移民工人创造更好的招聘流程的努力。