Indonesian Journal of Advanced Research (IJAR)
Vol. 2 No. 10 (2023): October 2023

Analysis of the Influence of Poverty, Human Development Index, and Population on Income Inequality in North Sumatra 2018-2022

Cinta Marito Simbolon (Universitas Negeri Medan)
Fadila Nisa (Universitas Negeri Medan)
Haifa Azalia Pinem (Universitas Negeri Medan)
Darwin Eros Sinaga (Universitas Negeri Medan)
Roy Kristanto Lumban Tobing (Universitas Negeri Medan)
Nasrullah Hidayat (Universitas Negeri Medan)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Oct 2023

Abstract

This research aims to find out how much influence poverty, the human development index, and population have on income inequality in North Sumatra for the 2018-2022 period. This research uses quantitative methods with descriptive analysis. The data used in this research is secondary data sourced from the North Sumatra Central Statistics Agency (BPS) for 4 years from 2018-2022. The data analysis technique uses Fixed Effects based on the results of the Chow test and Hausman test. The results of this research show that (1) the independent variables, namely poverty, HDI, and population have a significant effect on inequality in North Sumatra province, (2) poverty has a negative effect but does not have a significant effect on income inequality in North Sumatra province. North Sumatra, (3) the HDI variable has a negative and significant effect on income inequality in North Sumatra. and (4) the Population variable has a positive and significant effect on income inequality in North Sumatra.

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ijar

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Civil Engineering, Building, Construction & Architecture Computer Science & IT Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

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Indonesian Journal of Advanced Research (IJAR) is an open-access and peer-reviewed journal, published by Formosa Publisher, which is mainly intended for the dissemination of research results by researchers, academics, and practitioners in many fields of science and technology. IJAR publishes ...