JURNAL ECONOMIA
Vol 15, No 1: April 2019

Credit Expansion and Its Impact on Income Inequality of the Provinces in Indonesia

Anhar Fauzan Priyono (Universitas Padjadjaran)
Pipit Pitriyan (Universitas Padjadjaran Bandung)
Heriyaldi Heriyaldi (Universitas Padjadjaran Bandung)
Indra Maipita (Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Medan)



Article Info

Publish Date
15 Apr 2019

Abstract

AbstractThis research aims to study the determinants of income inequality at the provincial level in Indonesia, through observing MSMEs credit, government expenditure of education and health, school participation rate, and unemployment rate. We employed Fixed effect panel data, implementing Panel Corrected Standard Error (PCSE) and found that MSMEs credit, government expenditure on education, and school participation rate are significant in reducing income inequality. On the other hand, unemployment has been proven to have a positive impact on income inequality. However, implementation of National Health Insurance, relative to our period of observation, makes the result of government expenditure on health requires further analysis. Empirical result found that the increase in credit distribution to the MSME sector can reduce the level of income inequality and highest to lowest income ratio, on average in each province in Indonesia. The government is expected to focus on education and health budget to improve the community's quality of life.  Keywords: Gini Index, Government Expenditure, Highest to Lowest Income Ratio, MSMEs credit expansion, Panel dataEkspansi Kredit dan Dampaknya terhadap Ketimpangan Pendapatan pada Provinsi di IndonesiaAbstrakPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk mempelajari faktor-faktor yang memengaruhi ketimpangan pendapatan di tingkat provinsi di Indonesia, dengan mengamati kredit UMKM, pengeluaran pemerintah untuk pendidikan dan kesehatan, tingkat partisipasi sekolah, dan tingkat pengangguran. Dengan memanfaatkan pendekatan Fixed Effect dengan Panel Corrected Standard Error (PCSE), ditemukan bahwa kredit UMKM, pengeluaran pemerintah untuk pendidikan, dan tingkat partisipasi sekolah secara signifikan mampu mengurangi ketimpangan pendapatan. Di sisi lain, pengangguran terbukti memiliki dampak positif pada ketimpangan pendapatan. Namun, penerapan Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional, relatif terhadap periode pengamatan kami, membuat hasil pengeluaran pemerintah untuk kesehatan memerlukan analisis lebih lanjut. Di lain pihak, ditemukan bahwa peningkatan distribusi kredit ke sektor UMKM dapat mengurangi tingkat ketimpangan pendapatan dan rasio pendapatan tertinggi hingga terendah, rata-rata di setiap provinsi di Indonesia. Pemerintah diharapkan fokus pada anggaran pendidikan dan kesehatan untuk meningkatkan kualitas hidup masyarakat. Kata Kunci: indeks Gini, pengeluaran pemerintah, highest to lowest income ratio, UMKM, ekspansi kredit

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Journal Info

Abbrev

economia

Publisher

Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

Description

Jurnal Economia (JECO) is published by Faculty of Economics, Yogyakarta State University. It publishes theoretical or research manuscripts related to 1. Economics 2. Accounting 3. Management 4. Business 5. Entrepreneurship, and 6. ...