DAMPAK LIBERALISASI PERDAGANGAN TERHADAP PENYERAPAN TENAGA KERJA INDUSTRI MAKANAN MINUMAN DI INDONESIA

Food and beverage industry have become one of leading sectors in Indonesian economy. Its gross value added as well as its labour absorbtion had been the largest among other medium and large scale industries during 2002 - 2008. However, the level of productivity and competitiveness of this industry were relatively low. Using a regression model of panel data it was found that export of food and beverage products have a positive impact on labour of the industry. Conversely, import has a negative impact on labour. Other variables that also have positve impacts on labour absorbtion are import of raw materials and foreign direct investment.