Maneggio
Vol. 1 No. 3 (2024): Maneggio-Juni

Driving Change: The Role Of Local Government In Enhancing Human Development Index In Ambon

Leonila Chrisanty Natalie Teniwut (Institut Pemerintahan Dalam Negeri, Bandung, Indonesia)
M. Irwan Tahir (Institut Pemerintahan Dalam Negeri, Bandung, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
29 Jun 2024

Abstract

Problem/Background (GAP): Unemployment in Indonesia is a complex problem; the high number of unemployed people has an impact on the high demand for labor. This problem can be caused by various factors, such as slow economic growth, a mismatch between labor qualifications and market demand, and changes in economic structure.  Objective: To find out how much local government performance affects the increase in the human development index and unemployment rate. Method: the research that researchers use is descriptive quantitative method and inferential statistics. Researchers in conducting this research used secondary data. Results: Parametric data is a form of secondary data where this parametric data uses time series with existing data. Local government performance has a positive effect on the unemployment rate. Local government performance shows a positive relationship to the Human Development Index (HDI) seen from the t-test with the results showing at 5% alpha coefficient (t-stat=18.79279>1.833). The result of sobel test shows that there is a moderating effect of the intervening variable (HDI) to the Local Government Performance on the Unemployment Rate, it is shown by the P-value of 0.2518 (<0.05). Conclusion: The existence of local government performance has a significant influence in increasing the human development index and decreasing the unemployment rate.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

MJ

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Subject

Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management

Description

The journal publishes original articles on current issues and trends occurring internationally in financial management, marketing management, human-resource management, behavior organizational, good governance, strategic management, business ethics, entrepreneurship, management accounting, manajemen ...