Rachmat Reksa Samudra is a researcher at Lembaga Demografi FEB UI. His research interests are labor, poverty, social protection, and gender analysis. He received a Master of Arts in Economics degree from University of Hawai'i at Manoa and a Bachelor of Economics degree from Universitas Indonesia. He has contributed to various studies published by The World Bank, Harvard Kennedy School Faculty Research Working Paper, and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).