The Indonesian government has long recognised the importance of small scale and cottage industries (SSCI) in economic development. A number of policies and programs have been formulated to assist SSCIs to play their potential role in promoting welfare through employment creation and economic...

The authors explain changes in rural cottage industry employment by means of a Central Javanese case study of the rural tile industry. It demonstrates that a decline in employment in this industry, despite a favourable rural industrial environment, is largely due to transition from...