The Effect of Education and Health on Unemployment and Poverty in West Sumatra

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10.2991/aebmr.k.200305.080How to use a DOI?

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Education, Health, Unemployment and Poverty

Abstract

One of the main indicators of successful development is the decline in the number of poor. This study aimed to analyze the influence of education, health and unemployment on poverty levels in the province of West Sumatra in 2014-2018. This research is quantitative. Data used in this research is secondary data obtained from the Central Bureau of Statistics with cross section 19 districts / cities in West Sumatra and time series for five years. Analysis of the data used is the analysis of panel data with fixed effect model. The data is processed by using Eviews 10. The results showed that: (1) Education a significant negative effect on the level of poverty in the province of West Sumatra; (2) Health and no significant negative effect on the level of poverty in the province of West Sumatra; (3) Unemployment and no significant positive effect on the level of poverty in the province of West Sumatra; (4) Educational significant negative effect on unemployment in the province of West Sumatra; and (5) Health and no significant negative effect on unemployment in the province of West Sumatra.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yunita Muliana
AU  - Idris
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/03/10
TI  - The Effect of Education and Health on Unemployment and Poverty in West Sumatra
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th Padang International Conference on Education, Economics, Business and Accounting (PICEEBA-2 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 282
EP  - 287
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.200305.080
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.200305.080
ID  - Muliana2020
ER  -