The Impact on Industrial Estate Development Policy to Employment Absorption of West Java Province

Winardi Winardi (General Directorate of Industrial Regional Development, Ministry of Industry Republic of Indonesia)
Dominicus Savio Priyarsono (Faculty of Economics and Management, Department of Economics, Bogor Agricultural University)
Hermanto Siregar (Faculty of Economics and Management, Department of Economics, Bogor Agricultural University)
Heru Kustanto (General Directorate of Industrial Regional Development, Ministry of Industry Republic of Indonesia)

Jurnal Ekonomi Pembangunan: Kajian Masalah Ekonomi dan Pembangunan
Vol 22, No 2 (2021): JEP 2021

Development of industrial estates in the region have a role as a driver of the regional economy and will attract industrial companies to be located in the industrial estates so it will give most multiplier effect in the region’s economic growth. The purpose of this research is to analyze the impact of industrial estate development on employment absorption in West Java Province. In this research, the Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) model had been used by desegrating it to industrial manufacturing sector inside industrial estate. The result of analysts indicates that the industrial estate development policy through investment has an impact to the rise of creating broad employement opportunities or creating greater employment opportunities in both the industry itself and in other production sectors.