The proportions in this paragraph are derived from this figure and the data on the size of the workforce, the increment in the workforce, open unemployment and under-employment, for 1990, cited previously. This proposition may appear paradoxical at first sight because, in an accounting sense, it follows from the national income identity that there would be a corresponding increase in savings. But it is gross national saving rather than gross domestic saving that would rise and the economy would be able to realize an excess of investment over the latter. The proportions cited here are derived from these figures. This statement is based on the judgement of concerned officials at the Bank of Indonesia and emerged from the author's discussion with them at Jakarta in July 1995.
Some confirmation is provided by evidence compiled at a micro-level.