ANALISIS PENYERAPAN TENAGA KERJA LANJUT USIA DI JAWA TENGAH

Abstract

One of the indicators of developmentgoal isthe increasinglife expectancyof the population.Increasedlife expectancy hasimplications for theelderly peopleincrease, so that the phenomenon ofageingpopulationwhich in the regionorcountryis a averageoldage. Projectedpopulationconductedbythe Central Statistics Agency(BPS)showsthatin 2035the province ofCentralJavawillform acomposition with the most number ofoldage populationin Indonesia. The phenomenon ofagingpopulationinCentral Java is thechallengeof developmenttomakethe elderlyascapitaldevelopmentby providingemployment opportunitiesforthehealthyandactive elder people,so that it canbe absorbedinto theeconomy. This studyaims toanalyze the effectof economicgrowth, the minimumwagedistricts/cities(UMK)and thepopulation ofthe elderlyas well ascomparisons of elderly employmentbetween regionsin35districts/citiesinCentral Java Province in2008-2012. The data usedinthisresearchissecondary dataobtainedfromthe Central Statistics Agency(BPS).The analysis model which is adopted isdata panel with theapproach of Fixed EffectModel(FEM) using time series datafor fiveyears(2008-2012) and across sectionof 35districts/citiesinCentralJava Province. The resultsofthis studyshowedthat thevariablesof economicandpopulationgrowthof the elderly populationarea significantpositive effecton employmentof elderlyinCentralJava. While theminimumwagevariabledistricts/cities(UMK) has no significant effecton employmentof