Cita Ekonomika: Jurnal Ilmu Ekonomi
Vol 15 No 1 (2021): Cita Ekonomika: Jurnal Ilmu Ekonomi

Impact of Government Capital Expenditure on Poverty Levels in Maluku

Teddy Christianto Leasiwal (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 May 2021

Abstract

Fiscal policy is an inseparable part of macroeconomic policy both in the short and long term. Fiscal policy is set to achieve economic growth. The policy of opening faucets and stimulating the investment climate is expected to be able to create job opportunities which in turn increase income, thereby reducing poverty Expansive policy also means that government spending aims at infrastructure development and labor-intensive projects that will reduce unemployment and poverty in Maluku Although government capital expenditures continue to increase, economic growth in several districts / cities has not shown the same level of economic growth. This study measures two variables, namely Government Investment and Government Consumption. To identify it, an analysis was carried out using the linear regression method with the type of panel data. The regression results found that government investment has a very positive and significant effect with a siginfikansi level of 0.04 on the poverty level in Maluku while for the Government consumption variable, it also has a positive and significant effect of 0.03 on poverty.

Copyrights © 2021






Journal Info

Abbrev

citaekonomika

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Economics, Econometrics & Finance Social Sciences

Description

Cita Ekonomika: Jurnal Ilmu Ekonomi (CitEk), Merupakan Jurnal yang diterbitkan oleh Program Studi Ekonomi Pembangunan Fakultas Ekonomi dan Bisnis Universitas Pattimura bertujuan untuk menjadi media pertukaran informasi dan penyebarluasan karya ilmiah di kalangan akademisi, alumni, mahasiswa, ...