The Influence of Human Capital and Welfare on the Quality of Democracy in Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Nasir Mohd Saukani ◽  
Iing Nurdin ◽  
Rizqon Halal Syah Aji
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
Human Development Index ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Transition Process ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Development Index ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship

ABSTRACTThe relationship between democracy and human development as a part of welfare has been a long debate among scholars, and lately it becomes increasingly important to question, especially for countries that are on the one hand now change their political structure, while on the other hand also fights in the welfare of its people, including in Indonesia. This study focuses on analyzing the relationship between democracy and human development, and the process of democracy in Indonesia from the aspect of failure or the success of democracy as a means of achieving the well-being of the Indonesian people. The important issues examined are to explore and explain the factors of legitimacy of democracy, and their impression of human development in Indonesia. This research question, which is: discussing the condition of democracy in Indonesia during the Administration of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono; discussing the political policies undertaken to create human development; analyze the relation between democracy and human development in Indonesia. Democracy in this study is considered as an independent variable, while human development is a dependent variable that relies on indicators of human development index. This thesis uses a qualitative approach supported by quantitative data, using purposive sampling techniques, and triangulation data collection techniques. The findings of this study, first, Indonesia have generally succeeded in strengthening the democratic political system, although there is still much dissatisfaction with the performance of a poor democratic institution. Secondly, democratic transition process in Indonesia tends to move forward, but still continues to position Indonesia in procedural democracy category, but has not yet reached the substantive democracy. Thirdly, during the administration of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono there was an increase in the achievement of the human development index marked by an increase in the level of public education, health and purchasing power of the community, but could not eliminate the overall. Theoretical implications of this study, though it confirms the various theories and arguments that democracy can promote human development of society, but the case in Indonesia is very slow and insignificant.Keywords: democracy, reform, policy, human development

scholarly journals Ecologically adjusted human development index

POPULATION ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-12
Author(s):  
Elena V. Ryumina
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
Human Development Index ◽  
Economic Research ◽  
Economic Damage ◽  
Development Index ◽  
Ecological Index ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact

The article offeres an approach to including ecological factor in the Human Development Index (HDI). HDI is aimed at reflecting the quality of life of population, which is defined along with other important characteristics and state of environment. However, there is still no ecological living conditions of population in the formalized representation of HDI. Two directions of constructing ecologically adjusted HDI are developed: introducing ecological index to HDR, and using ecologically adjusted GDP/GRP in income index. Ecological index reflecting the state of environment in the places of residence and recreation of population is constructed on the basis of indicators of the number of air/water samples exceeding the ambient standards, as a percentage of the total number of examined samples. This indicator is presented in the annex to the statistical handbook «Environment Protection in Russia» for all regions. It is offered to modify the index of income in HDI by subtraction of the economic damage caused by pollution from income, as this part of income does not go to growth of the population welfare, but only compensates for the damage. For implementation of this approach there is no official statistics, and in the study was used the database accumulated by the author over many years of ecological-economic research. As a result, there was calculated ecologically adjusted HDI for all 85 regions in comparison with the traditional HDI. In 14 regions with the best ecological situation the HDI value grew, in the others it decreased. Some of the regions formerly leading by the HDI value lost their positions. Comparing the impact on HDI of ecological index on the one hand, and of modifications of income index on the other, showed an incomparably greater role of the introduction of ecological index.

scholarly journals Analisis Kausalitas Pertumbuhan Ekonomi terhadap Indeks Pembangunan Manusia

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Muslikhati Muslikhati
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Granger Causality ◽  
Human Development Index ◽  
Causality Test ◽  
Development Index ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
The Relationship

Human development is one of the indicators of the success of economic growth. The good quality of human resources goes hand in hand with economic growth, this is because resources as part of the factor of production are the most valuable assets in the economic activities of a country. This study aims to determine and analyze the causality of economic growth towards the quality of human resources. The method used in this study was using the Granger Causality method. Granger Causality Approach is used to measure the strength of the relationship between two or more variables, or it can also be used as a tool to see the direction of the relationship between independent variables and the dependent variable. The variable Human Development Index (HDI) as the dependent variable and per capita income variable as the independent variable. From this study it was concluded that the granger causality test on the proposed research model states that there is no causality relationship between two independent variables and the dependent variable, but significantly the Indonesian economic growth variable has a one-way relationship with the human development index (HDI).Human development is one of the indicators of the success of economic growth. The good quality of human resources goes hand in hand with economic growth, this is because resources as part of the factor of production are the most valuable assets in the economic activities of a country. This study aims to determine and analyze the causality of economic growth towards the quality of human resources. The method used in this study was using the Granger Causality method. Granger Causality Approach is used to measure the strength of the relationship between two or more variables, or it can also be used as a tool to see the direction of the relationship between independent variables and the dependent variable. The variable Human Development Index (HDI) as the dependent variable and per capita income variable as the independent variable. From this study it was concluded that the granger causality test on the proposed research model states that there is no causality relationship between two independent variables and the dependent variable, but significantly the Indonesian economic growth variable has a one-way relationship with the human development index (HDI).

scholarly journals Life Satisfaction and the Human Development Index Across the World

2021 ◽  
pp. 002202212110447
Author(s):  
Remi Yin ◽  
Anthony Lepinteur ◽  
Andrew E. Clark ◽  
Conchita D’Ambrosio
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
Cultural Sensitivity ◽  
Human Development Index ◽  
Predictive Power ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Annual Data ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Development Index ◽  
Rich Countries ◽  
The Relationship

We use annual data on over 150 countries between 2005 and 2018 to look at the relationship between subjective well-being (both cognitive and affective) and the Human Development Index (HDI). The HDI appears to be more closely related to cognitive than affective well-being. We also consider the relationships between the three HDI components (the Income, Health, and Education Indices) and well-being, and find that, on average, the Income Index has the strongest predictive power. Importantly, we find that the three HDI components only matter equally in Western and rich countries. Our analysis contributes to the discussion about cultural sensitivity in paradigms of societal development in two ways. We first show that differences in preferences toward development aims exist. Second, we propose a weighting procedure for a culturally-sensitive version of the HDI.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS INDICATOR OF FACTORS AFFECTING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX (IPM)

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Windya Wahyu Lestari ◽  
Victoria Efrida Sanar
Keyword(s):  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Human Development Index ◽  
Estimation Result ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Development Index ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study is to determine how big the influence of the indicators of factors that affect the Human Development Index. In addition, to determine the relationship of indicators of factors that affect the Human Development Index, to determine the development of human development of variables. That way can provide a standard against a State in improving the quality of human resources. Using the SPSS application method, this paper found that the variables that significantly influence the indicators of factors affecting the Human Development Index are life expectancy index, education index and income index. The estimation result using Correlasion Pearson shows that 14.788% is the variation of each observation is the same.   Keywords : Human Development Index, Life Expectancy Index, Education Index, Revenue Index.

scholarly journals WILL CREATING NEW REGIONS IMPROVE THE REGIONAL WELFARE EQUALITY?

2009 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 275-286
Author(s):  
Aloysius Gunadi Brata
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
Policy Implication ◽  
Human Development Index ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Regional Inequality ◽  
Improve Quality ◽  
Local Elites ◽  
Development Index ◽  
The Relationship

This paper presents a preliminary effort to analyze the relationship between the region creation (pemekaran) and the regional inequality. Using the variation in the Human Development Index (HDI) that has been widely accepted as a measure of human development, this paper confirmed that pemekaran or creation of new regions have caused regional inequality becoming more severe.A ‘damaging power’ of pemekaran has also reduced the benefit of decentralization to improve regional equality. Since the analysis shows that pemekaran is not a solution for regional inequality, therefore the policy implication of this finding is that pemekaran should be controlled. A reverse process of pemekaran is amalgamation or consolidation of regions. However this policy is rather difficult to be implemented because it is mainly related to resistance of local elites and furthermore there is no guarantee that the amalgamation will improve quality of public services. Perhaps moratorium of pemekaran as a moderate choice could be an acceptable policy.JEL Classification: H75, R11, R58Keywords: region creation, human development index, inequality.

scholarly journals The Human Development Index as an Indicator of Economic Development. An Assessment Based on a Comparative Case Study of Five European Post‑Socialist Countries

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Gruczyńska
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Human Development Index ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Development Index ◽  
Public Opinion Surveys ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of the paper is to evaluate the Human Development Index (HDI) as an indicator of economic development. The analysis is based on case studies of five post‑socialist countries: the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, and Poland. To carry out the assessment of the HDI, two approaches are employed. The first involves comparing the HDI values to seventeen other indicators related to different aspects of development chosen with reference to Amartya K. Sen’s approach. The second approach refers to public opinion surveys provided by the Eurobarometer and the European Quality of Life Survey programs. In the light of the analysis, it can be said that the HDI is a fairly good measure of economic development. However, certain important dimensions which have a significant impact on people’s living conditions are neglected. Knowing about Sen’s influence on the creation of the HDI and the emphasis he put on the relationship between democracy and development, it may be surprising that such neglected dimensions include the state of democracy.

What Does Human Development Index Rating Mean in Terms of Individualism/Collectivism?

2003 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria José Sotelo ◽  
Luis Gimeno
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
Human Development Index ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
General Idea ◽  
Development Index ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
The Relationship

The authors explore an alternative way of analyzing the relationship between human development and individualism. The method is based on the first principal component of Hofstede's individualism index in the Human Development Index rating domain. Results suggest that the general idea that greater wealth brings more individualism is only true for countries with high levels of development, while for middle or low levels of development the inverse is true.

The Relationship between Human Development and Economic Growth

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frances Stewart ◽  
Gustav Ranis ◽  
Emma Samman
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Human Development Index ◽  
Econometric Analysis ◽  
Complementary Relationship ◽  
Development Index ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Intervening Variables

This chapter explores the interactions between economic growth and human development, as measured by the Human Development Index, theoretically and empirically. Drawing on many studies it explores the links in two chains, from economic growth to human development, and from human development to growth. Econometric analysis establishes strong links between economic growth and human development, and intervening variables influencing the strength of the chains. Because of the complementary relationship, putting emphasis on economic growth alone is not a long-term viable strategy, as growth is likely to be impeded by failure on human development. The chapter classifies country performance in four ways: virtuous cycles where both growth and human development are successful; vicious cycles where both are weak; and lopsided ones where the economy is strong but human development is weak, or conversely ones where human development is strong but the economy is weak.

Applicability of Human Development Index for Measuring Economic Well-being: A Study on GDP and HDI Indicators from Indian Context

2021 ◽  
pp. 001946622199862
Author(s):  
G G Sajith ◽  
K. Malathi
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
Human Development Index ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Composite Matrix ◽  
Human Welfare ◽  
Development Index ◽  
Development Indicator ◽  
Per Capita

The tracking of gross domestic product (GDP) as a measure of well-being of the society or human-being has been debated by many researchers and economists (Elizabeth, 2007; Abhinav, 2014; Deb, 2015 ) There are many deficiencies in tracking GDP as the economic development indicator, as it does not capture the inequality or true development of Human-being. Noted economist Mehbub ul Haq’s human development project defined a composite matrix which captures the life expectancy, education and per capita indicators in one matrix. This was developed to track as a development indicator of human welfare. In the previous studies, the GDP or GDP per capita was regressed with the Human Development Index (HDI) composite index and indicated a direct correlation between the two variables. However, this article examines the contribution of the income component in the HDI index by recalculating the composite matrix. This article also qualitatively examines the ability of HDI index to measure the human development parameters. JEL Classification Codes: E01, I12, O1

scholarly journals The relationship between the Municipal Human Development Index and rates of violent death in Brazilian Federal Units

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lylla Winzer
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
Human Development Index ◽  
Violent Death ◽  
Raw Data ◽  
Development Index ◽  
The Relationship

Because countries with the highest Human Development Index (HDI) have low rates of violence, it is common to assume that the increase of HDI may correspond with lower rates of violence in a country. This study examined the relationship between the Municipal Human Development Index (MHDI) and violent deaths in the Brazilian States between 1991 and 2010. We tested whether the increase of MHDI indirectly reduces violence or whether the reduction of violence predicts higher MHDI in later years. The raw data were obtained from three sources online, Atlasbrasil, IPEAdata and Map of violence. The analyses do not support the assumption that the increase of MHDI leads to a reduced level of violence. However, there are indications that the decrease of homicides over the years results in improved MHDI rates in 2010. The results suggest that taking measures aimed at development does not automatically imply a lower level of violence, but fi ghting against violence may increase MHDI.

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