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SUSTAINABILITY ECONOMIC AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: THE MODERATING EFFECT OF DISPARITY REGION AND INCOME ON SOCIETY WELFARE

Journal: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH -GRANTHAALAYAH (Vol.6, No. 5)

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Page : 300-320

Keywords : Regional Financial Independence; Capital Expenditure; Government Investment; Economic Growth; Labor Absorption and Disparity.;

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Abstract

This study aims to examine and analyze the influence of regional financial independence, capital expenditure, government investment with moderate effects of disparity between regions and income disparities to economic growth, employment and community welfare. Data analysis method used was Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with Partial Least Square (PLS) approach, to test the ten hypotheses formulated in this research, then used path analysis (Path Analysis). The conclusions of this study are: (1) Regional financial independence has a positive and significant impact on economic growth, while regional financial independence with moderate effects of disparity between regions has a negative but not significant effect on economic growth. (2) Regional financial independence has a positive and insignificant effect on labor absorption, while regional financial independence with moderate effects of disparity between regions has positive and insignificant effect. (3) Regional financial independence has a positive and significant impact on the welfare of the community. (4) Local government capital expenditure has negative and insignificant effect on economic growth, while regional government capital expenditure with moderate effect of disparity between regions has positive and insignificant effect on economic growth. (5) Local government capital expenditure has negative and insignificant effect on labor absorption, while regional government capital expenditure with moderate effect of disparity between regions has positive and insignificant effect on labor absorption. (6) Local government investment has negative and insignificant effect on economic growth, while local government investment with moderate effect of inter-regional disparity has positive effect not significant to economic growth. (7) Local government investment has a positive and significant effect on labor absorption, while local government investment with moderate effect of disparity between regions has negative and insignificant effect on labor absorption.

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