Application of Process Hierarchy Analysis as A Direction of Economic Development in West Coast District

West Coast District as a district that has just been established must be able to catch up with progress in other areas, of course as a new district, the hope is that this area will expand so that the region can develop more independently and bring prosperity to the residents of the West Coast District, economic development can be done by through community aspirations or what is commonly referred to as community participation in development, so that in the development process the community is involved and the development implemented will be right on the recommendation. This study aims to determine how the perceptions of the people of the West Coast District regarding regional economic development, and which sectors want to become development priorities, with the great potential that the region has, namely tourism which is well known even to foreign countries, making people want the local government to make the tourism sector as a tourism sector. sectors that are prioritized for development. This study uses process hierarchy analysis (AHP), as a method to see people's perceptions of development.Keywords:Strategy; Region, Priority, Economic

Factors Affecting Business Income of Empal Gentong in Cirebon City

The goal of this research is to analyze the effect of capital, labor, length of business, education, and working hours on the empal gentong business income in Cirebon and to analyze which variable has the most effect on that income. We surveyed 30 business owners of empal gentong in Cirebon. The method using in this research is multiple linear regression. This result concludes capital, labor, length of business, education, and working hours have a positive and significant effect jointly on empal gentong business income. The analysis result in partially is capital and length of business have significant effect. Meanwhile, variables of labor, education and working hours have no significant effect on empal gentong business income. From these five variables, the most influential variable on empal gentong business income is the capital variable.Keywords: Income, Capital, Labor, Length of Business, Education, Working Hours

The Effect of Remittance, Consumption, and FDI on Economic Growth in ASEAN Countries

One of the main indicators seen in reviewing the relationship between international workers and economic growth is remittances. Remittances obtained from workers abroad are one of the major sources of finance for developing countries. Remittances are also a source of finance in increasing migrant household incomes which encourage improved consumption which will affect economic growth. This study was conducted to explore the impact of migrant remittances, consumption and FDI on economic growth in 10 ASEAN countries using annual panel data from 2015-2019. This study uses panel data regression analysis with the Random Effect Model (REM) approach. The results showed that remittances, consumption and FDI positively and significantly contributed to economic growth in 10 ASEAN countries. Significant contribution of migrant remittances in economic growth if their use is directed to more productive sectors such as use in the investment sector can help the economies of ASEAN countries to maintain and increase economic growth. The government needs to improve the quality of migrant workers through education because a high level of education will affect the level of wages received by migrants and will have an impact on increasing remittances. The limitation in this study is the use of limited data, for 2020 it is not included in the data set used in the analysis. For this reason, further research should use 2020 data because in 2020 there be a new phenomenon, namely COVID-19 which can be traced to the impact of this phenomenon on remittances. Keywords: Remittances, Migrant, Economic Growth, Panel Data

Analysis of Economic Growth through Technological Advancement, Investment, Labor and Education

This study is aims to determine the variable influence of technological advances, investment, labor and education on economic growth in Central Java Province in 2016-2020, this research is conducted to provide the right economic growth model in accordance with the results of the study. This research is empirical research with quantitative approach. The data used in this study is secondary data from 35 districts/cities in Central Java Province in 2016-2020 so that the number of samples in the study is 175 samples. The data analysis technique in this study uses multiple linear regression analysis with the Fixed Effect model. This study found that the progress variable of technology, labor and education have a significant and positive influence on economic growth in Central Java Province. This study also found the investment variable had an insignificant effect on economic growth in Central Java Province.Keywords: economic growth, technological advancement, investment, labor, education.

The Factors Affecting Poverty Rate in Central Java Province 2018-2020

One of the Central Java Provincial Government programs is to reduce the number of people living in poverty. The Central Java Provincial Government target in 2020 was to lower poverty rate to below ten percent. Therefore, it is necessary to determine factors affecting the poverty rate in Central Java. This study aimed to analyze the effect of the Human Development Index, total population, Gross Regional Domestic Product (GDRP), and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the poverty rate in regencies/municipalities in Central Java. The study on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the poverty rate in Central Java Province has never been carried out. This study was different from the previous studies. This study used panel data regression by using 2018-2020 data from Statistics Indonesia (BPS). In this study, the result of the best model selection was the random effect model. The result of this study indicated that Human Development Index (HDI) had a negative and significant effect, total population had a positive and insignificant, GRDP had a negative and significant effect, and the impact of Covid-19 pandemic had a positive and significant effect on the poverty rate. Keywords: Impact of Covid-19, Human Development Index, Population, Poverty Rate, Gross Regional Domestic Product.

Income Inequality and Noncash Food Assistance Program in Central Java Province

One measure of income inequality that is often used is the Gini Coefficient. In Central Java Province, the income inequality in March 2019 was increasing compared to income inequality in September 2018. To reduce this income inequality, the government is focusing on increasing government spending in the field of social assistance, including Non-Cash Food Assistance (Bantuan Pangan Non Tunai/BPNT). Thus, this study aims to calculate and obtain a reduction in the Gini Coefficient as a result of the implementation of the BPNT program in the Central Java Province of Indonesia. This study uses the Counter Factual Analysis (CFA) method and the March 2019 Susenas data. This study concludes that the implementation of the BPNT program in 2019 is quite effective in reducing the level of income inequality in the Central Java Province of Indonesia, which is able to reduce the Gini Coefficient of Central Java Province by -1.20%. The implementation of the BPNT program was able to make the expenditure of the lower class population increase faster than the expenditure of upper and middle class population. The implementation of the BPNT program changes the map of the income inequality level of 35 districts/cities in the Central Java Province of Indonesia but does not change the map of the level of income inequality between urban and rural areas in the Central Java Province of Indonesia. In addition, the implementation of the BPNT program in the Central Java Province of Indonesia has not been able to change the category of income inequality in the Central Java Province of Indonesia, namely that it remains in the moderate category. This study recommends improvements in terms of the target recipients of BPNT, the quality of the human resources of the companions, the time for receiving assistance, the quality of rice, and the readiness of e-warong in 35 districts/cities in the Province of Central Java, Indonesia.

The Effect of Government Expenditure and Economic Growth on Gender Development Index in Special Region of Yogyakarta Province

The phenomenon of the development inequality between men and women is development problems that still occur in many regions and can be measured using gender development index. This research has purpose to analyze the factors that influence on gender development index in Special Region of Yogyakarta and indentifying variables that has most influence on gender development index in Special Region of Yogyakarta. This research uses gender development index as dependent variable and was implemented in the Province of D.I. Yogyakarta, in contrast to the previous research that already exists. In this research, the author have a hypothesis formulation that all independent variables, government expenditure in education sector, government expenditure in health sector and economic growth has a positive effect on gender development index. This research uses a panel data regression analysis with fixed effect model (FEM) approach. The results of this research indicate that variable of government expenditures in education has a negative and significant effect on gender development index in Province of D.I. Yogyakarta, the variable of government expenditures in health and variable of economic growth has a positive and significant effect on gender development index in Province D.I. Yogyakarta, and the dependent variable has most influence on gender development index in Special Region of Yogyakarta is a government expenditure on health. The implication of this research is the government to pay more attention to ability of each region in realizing the education expenditure, it is neccesary to strengthen cooperaton and equalize of mission both at the province and district/city level to optimize government performance, and need equality on education to reduce education gap in Special Region of Yogyakarta. For expenditure in the health sector, government should increase the percentage of budget allocation for health sector with provision minimum of 10 percent from local government revenue and expenditure budget (APBD) and need performance optimization in financial management so that health budget can be realized optimally as well. Meanwhile in economic growth, the government should to make equalize in the economic growth for each district or city so that can be enjoyed by all level of society. The limitations of this study are use of research data with a limited period and limited information on availability of information on each research variable used

Social and Economic Factors Determining the Unemployment Rate in the Bregasmalang Region 2010-2020

The research objective was to analyze the social and economic factors that affect unemployment in the development area of Central Java, namely in Brebes Regency, Tegal City, Tegal Regency, and Pemalang Regency (BREGASMALANG) in 2010-2020. The determinants of unemployment used in this study include the human development index, district/city minimum wage, and gross regional domestic product. The data used in this study are secondary data obtained from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS). The research method used in Panel Data Regression Analysis with Fixed Effect Model (FEM). The result of this study indicates that the human development index & district/city minimum wage it means that it has no significant effect on the open unemployment rate in Bregasmalang. Meanwhile, the gross regional domestic product has a negative and significant effect on the open unemployment rate in Bregasmalang. With the influence of regional gross domestic product on the open unemployment rate, therefore the government is expected to be able to maximize the sub-sectors contained in the GRDP so that the sub-sector is able to increase employment so that it can suppress the high unemployment rate in the Regency/City concerned, namely the Brebes Regency, Tegal City, Tegal Regency, and Pemalang Regency.Keywords: Open Unemployment Rate, HDI, District/City Minimum Wages, and GRDP

Determinants of Big and Medium Industrial Manufacturing Agglomeration in West Java Province

The aims of this research are to analyze whether or not the manufacture industrial agglomeration in West Java Province and to analyze the factors that can affect the agglomeration especially manufacture industrial agglomeration in West Java Province. This research using Hoover Balassa Index and panel data regression with time period data 6 years (2014-2019) and 27 regencies/cities as cross-section data. The results of this research are : (1) there is no manufacture industrial agglomeration in West Java Province, (2) gross regional domestic product has a negative effect on manufacture industrial agglomeration, (3) minimum wage has a positive effect on manufacture industrial agglomeration, (4) population has a negative effect on manufacture industrial agglomeration. As an implication of the conclusion above, every province or regency/city should seek and make their region as a pole of the agglomeration and the effort that can be done are create some regulations which can support industrial establishment and development easier, giving the information about business and capital, create some regulations about wage, building partnership among companies to create backward and forward linkage.Keywords: Agglomeration, Hoover Balassa Index, Concentration Index