THE IMPACT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE ON POVERTY REDUCTION IN CENTRAL JAVA PROVINCE

ARI MIRANINGTYAS, Dr. Yonosuke Hara; Dr. Dumairy, M.A.

2020 | Tesis | Magister Ekonomika Pembangunan

Pemerintah daerah memiliki peran penting dalam pengentasan kemiskinan pada era desentralisasi di Indonesia. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dampak belanja pemerintah daerah pada tiga fungsi belanja yaitu pendidikan, kesehatan, dan ekonomi terhadap penanggulangan kemiskinan di Provinsi Jawa Tengah periode 2007-2018. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa hanya belanja pendidikan yang memberikan dampak signifikan terhadap pengurangan kemiskinan di wilayah Jawa Tengah. Pengeluaran ekonomi dan kesehatan tidak secara signifikan mengurangi kemiskinan.

Local governments have important roles in alleviating poverty in the decentralization era in Indonesia. The aim of this study is to examine the impact of local government expenditures on three functions-educational, health, and economic- on poverty reduction in the Central Java province for the period 2007-2018. The results show that only educational expenditure has had a significant impact on reducing poverty in the Central Java regions. The economic and health expenditures did not significantly reduce poverty.

Kata Kunci : local government expenditure, educational, health, economic, poverty reduction