SPATIAL HUMAN CAPITAL INTERACTION PATTERN TO INDONESIAN ECONOMIC GROWTH

Indonesia with a population of 237 million people spreading over 34 provinces has a number of ethnic groups that range from Sabang to Merauke as a potential market to invest capital. Indonesia is visited by many foreign visitors because of its natural beauty, friendly people, good food such as meatballs, rendang, fried rice, and sate which are very famous abroad. Cultural diversity, ethnicity, and cuisine become the main attraction for Indonesia. This research wanted to know the pattern of spatial interaction of human capital to economic growth in Indonesia. This study uses the method of Local Identification Spatial Association (LISA). The conclusion of this research is the pattern of spatial interaction of human capital of Indonesia converging to LL area is 44.11 percent of total sample which is in LL area that is North Kalimantan, Maluku, East Nusa Tenggara, Papua, West Papua, Riau, West Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, North Sumatra, West Sumatera, Gorontalo, East Kalimantan, North Sulawesi, North Maluku, the remaining 29.41 percent of the total sample is in the LH area, 20.58 percent of the total sample is in the HH area, and 5.88 percent is in the HL area.