ANALISIS PENGARUH PERTUMBUHAN EKONOMI, UPAH MINIMUM, DAN TINGKAT PENGANGGURAN TERHADAP JUMLAH PENDUDUK MISKIN DI KABUPATEN BREBES TAHUN 1997-2012

Abstract

Poverty is a multidimensional problem which is so it can be reviewed from a different point of view. This research aims to analyze the impact of economic growh, the minimum wage and the unemployment rate of the poor population in the Brebes regency during the period of 1997-2012. This research is quantitative by using time series data (1997-2012). Types of data used in this study is secondary data obtained from Badan Pusat Statistik and the journals as a supporting research. The regression method used multiple linier regression linier (Ordinary least square) using tools software eviews 7. The result analysis and research show that the minimum wage and open unemployment rate has influence significantly to poor population in Brebes regency during the period 1997-2012, but economic growth has some insignificant influence on the population of poor in Brebes Regency during period of 1997-2012. The regression result show that the R-squared value of the independent variable (the number of poor population) have a value of 71,1 percent which means the 0,711 population oof poor influence by economic growth, minimum wage, and unemployment rate. while 28,9 percent of them have described by another variable outside model