Jurnal Ekonomi Pembangunan

Impact of Foreign Direct Investment, Productivity, and Growth on Indonesian Youth Unemployment

2024-04-06T19:15:41+07:00

Unemployment is a consistent economic challenge faced by all countries. Indonesia, as a developing country, grapples with unemployment issues predominantly affecting young individuals. This research aims to examine the impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), economic growth, and labor productivity on youth unemployment in Indonesia. Annual time series data from 1991 to 2022 were analyzed using Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) technique. The study reveals a significant negative relationship between economic growth and labor productivity with youth unemployment in the long term. Meanwhile, in the short term, FDI and labor productivity have a significant positive impact on youth unemployment. It is hoped that the Indonesia government will prioritize the creation of job opportunities for young domestic workers and provide training to enhance the quality of youth workforce in Indonesia

The Influence of Financial Behavior on Financial Well-Being Through Financial Satisfaction

2023-10-14T15:26:12+07:00

Good financial behavior will encourage the creation of financial satisfaction and can be a factor that will increase financial well-being. Financial satisfaction can include one's life satisfaction with financial amounts. Financial well-being is the possession of sufficient resources for a comfortable life. This study aims to examine financial behavior that influences financial well-being, both directly and indirectly. The selected population is stock investors. Investors are selected using quota sampling. The data analysis used is path analysis. The results of the study report that financial behavior has a significant effect on financial satisfaction and well-being, but financial behavior does not affect financial well-being. Financial satisfaction mediates the impact of Financial behavior on Financial well-being.

An Examination of Technology Acceptance to Sales Increase Through Marketplace in Bandar Lampung

2024-03-31T10:56:28+07:00

The Covid-19 pandemic is a global outbreak that has significantly impacted all aspects of life. The occurrence of various policy changes and the emergence of uncertainty pose a threat to MSMEs. Besides that, there are also changes in consumer lifestyle patterns that refer to the lifestyle of staying at home, creating a sense of empathy and social solidarity, switching to digital media, and consumers changing from the top of the pyramid (self-actualization and respect) to the bottom need for food. Based on these changes, MSMEs need to take appropriate steps that can be used as opportunities. Technology acceptance and adoption of marketplace applications are steps that can be taken to maintain sales levels. This research aims to test the acceptance of technology to increase sales through marketplace applications. This research was conducted in Bandar Lampung City by distributing questionnaires in a Google form to 95 Banana Chip MSMEs who had used the marketplace application. This type of research is descriptive quantitative using purposive sampling techniques. Then, the data that has been obtained is processed using SmartPLS 3.0. The results of this research show that technology acceptance has a significant effect on marketplace applications with a P-Value of 0.000, marketplace applications have a substantial effect on sales levels with a P-Value of 0.000, but technology acceptance has no significant impact on increasing sales with a P-Value of 0.311 and technology acceptance has a substantial effect towards growing sales through the use of marketplace applications with a P-Value of 0.000.

The Influence of Original Local Government Revenue and Capital Expenditures on Economic Growth and Community Welfare

2024-03-30T18:47:05+07:00

This study examined how capital expenditures and Original Local Government Revenue (PAD) affected community well-being in Bakorwil 1 Madiun, East Java districts and cities between 2015 and 2022. The analysis was mediated by economic growth. This study's saturation sample comprised ten Bakorwil 1 Madiun districts/cities. The Directorate General of Fiscal Balance (DJPK) website of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia provided secondary statistics on the realization of capital expenditures (CE) and PAD. On the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) website, secondary statistics on community welfare (HDI) and economic growth (GRDP) are available for download in different district/city editions for Bakorwil 1 Madiun. Path analysis is used in data analysis. The study's findings indicate that PAD has a significant positive relationship with HDI and GRDP. CE has a significant negative effect on HDI and GRDP partially. GRDP has a considerable positive impact on HDI. GRDP mediates a significant positive effect of PAD on HDI. GRDP does not mediate the impact of CE on HDI.