EKO-REGIONAL JURNAL PENGEMBANGAN EKONOMI WILAYAH
Vol 14, No 1 (2019)

Determinants of Economic Growth in East Nusa Tenggara Province

Putri Nastiti Wulandari (Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman)
Lilis Siti Badriah (Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman)
Nunik Kadarwati (Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman)



Article Info

Publish Date
29 Mar 2019

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the determinants of economic growth in East Nusa Tenggara Province, consisting of life expectancy, mean years of schooling, expected years of schooling, purchasing power, labor force participation rate, government investment, and number of tourists on economic growth, and to analyze the dominant variable influencing economic growth. The type of data used in this research is secondary data in the form of panel data with cross sections of 20 regencies/cities and time series for six years (2011-2016). The analytical tool used is panel data regression with fixed effect model. The results show that life expectancy, mean years of schooling, purchasing power, and government investment have a significant effect on economic growth. Whereas expected years of schooling, labor force participation rate, and number of tourists have no significant effect on economic growth. Life expectancy, mean years of schooling, purchasing power, labor force participation rate, government investment, and number of tourists simultaneously affect economic growth.Keywords: Economic Growth, Human Development Index, Labor Force Participation Rate, Government Investment, Number of Tourists.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

eko-regional

Publisher

Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

Description

EKO-REGIONAL Jurnal Pembangunan Ekonomi Wilayah (Journal of Regional Economic Development) is a scientific journal containing research results on regional economics, tourism economics, geographical economics, natural resource economics, SMEs development, and local economic development. The journal ...