Author(s): Tri Hartiningsih and Firmansyah
The research objective was to determine the impact of the moratorium policy on sending Indonesian migrant workers and receiving remittances in Indonesia. The data used are secondary data, namely the number of incoming remittances, the number of placements for Indonesian migrant workers (IMW), during the period 2015 to 2019 by analyzing IMW transfers and remittances five years before and 5 years after the implementation of the moratorium policy. The research data is processed from data from the Central Bureau of Statistics, Bank Indonesia and BPN2TKI by using data on the placement of Indonesian migrant workers by country and remittances of Indonesian migrant workers. Research with a quantitative approach that is processed using the paired t test analysis method and normality test to determine the difference test there is no difference in sending IMW and remittances before and after the implementation of the moratorium policy. Meanwhile, the paired t test results show that there is a significant difference in the sending of Indonesian migrant workers before and after the implementation of the moratorium policy and there is no difference in remittances before and after the implementation of the moratorium policy.