Jurnal Ekonomi dan Studi Pembangunan (Journal of Economics and Development Studies)
Article in Press 2018

The Influence of Government Spending on the Achievement of Human Development Index in East Java

Fadilah, Anisa (Unknown)
Ananda, Candra Fajri (Unknown)
Kaluge, David (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
05 May 2018

Abstract

This study was intendedto: 1)investigatethe influence of government spending on education index, health index and income index of regional governments in East Java; 2) investigate the influence of government spendingon the development of under-developed and developed regionsin East Java; 3) investigatethe influenceof government spendingon the development of citiesand districtsin East Java. This study employed a quantitative approach using the Fixed Effect Model and Random Effect Model as the panel data analysis method. There were 38 cities and districts used as the analysis units during 2010-2015. The result of this study shows that government spending on education, health, and economic has a positive and significant influence on every component of human development index. In addition, government spending on infrastructure has a significant influence on the education index and income index yet it does not significantly influence the health index. Furthermore, this study shows different results on the influence of government spending on under-developed and developed regions.Keywords: Government Spending, Human Development Index, East JavaJEL Classification: H72, I31

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jesp

Publisher

Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

Description

Jurnal Ekonomi dan Studi Pembangunan focuses on scientific papers related to development economics include critical analysis of economic development issues, local economic development, community economic development, economic growth, international trade and finance, fiscal and monetary policy, ...