HOW DO GOVERNMENTS SPEND THEIR PUBLIC SPENDING?

Munhamik Luthfia,Baldric Siregar

doi:10.21831/economia.v12i2.11297

Munhamik Luthfia, Baldric Siregar

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https://doi.org/10.21831/economia.v12i2.11297

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Journal: Jurnal Economia	Publication Date: Oct 1, 2016
Citations: 1	License type: cc-by

Affiliation: Institut Seni Indonesia Yogyakarta

Abstract

Abstrak: Bagaimana Pemerintah Mengalokasikan Pengeluaran Publiknya? Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menguji apakah belanja daerah untuk belanja pendidikan, kesehatan, dan ekonomi mempengaruhi kesejahteraan, dan apakah populasi mempengaruhi hubungan antara ketiga belanja tersebut dengan kesejahteraan. Penelitian ini menggunakan sampel seluruh provinsi di Indonesia tahun 2008-2013, kecuali Provinsi Kalimantan Utara. Metode yang digunakan adalah metode regresi berganda. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa belanja pendidikan memiliki pengaruh positif, belanja kesehatan memiliki pengaruh negatif tidak signifikan, dan belanja ekonomi memiliki pengaruh negatif signifikan terhadap kesejahteraan. Populasi sebagai variable moderasi tidak mampu memoderasi hubungan antara ketiga belanja tersebut dengan kesejahteraan. Kata Kunci: belanja pendidikan, belanja kesehatan, belanja ekonomi, populasi penduduk, dan kesejahteraan masyarakat. Abstract: How Do Governments Spend Their Public Spending? The objectives of this study are to examine whether the local expenditure for education, health, and economic influence economic welfare, and whether population influences the relationship between them. This study used the sample of all province in Indonesia 2008-2013, except Kalimantan Utara Province. The method used in this study is multiple regression methods. The result of this study states that education expenditure had a significant positive effect, health expenditure had not significant negative effect, while economic expenditure had a significant negative effect on the welfare. Population as the moderating variable cannot moderate the relationship between that expenditure with the welfare. Keywords: education expenditure, health expenditure, economic expenditure, population, and welfare.

Highlights

In the Nota Keuangan dan RAPBN 2011 stated that regional autonomy and fiscal decentralization are instrument in developing country in order to achieve social welfare
As mentioned by Turnovsky (2008), at the microeconomic level, there is empirical evidence shows that public spending on human and infrastructure are complementary
The results showed that the pattern of public sector government spending on education and health sectors, human development indicators (HDI), and poverty showed a positive trend

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Introduction

In the Nota Keuangan dan RAPBN 2011 stated that regional autonomy and fiscal decentralization are instrument in developing country in order to achieve social welfare. In the decentralization funding context, a crucial thing to look is the effectiveness of the bigger amount of fund that move to local government and the impact on social welfare. Consumption improved access to education, health and nutrition are important policies in the government's overall strategy to reduce poverty and improve the welfare of the population of Indonesia. Public welfare will be achieved if all people's basic needs have been fulfilled in good condition. The people's basic needs such as food, shelter, education, health, infrastructure, and environmental health. As mentioned by Turnovsky (2008), at the microeconomic level, there is empirical evidence shows that public spending on human and infrastructure are complementary

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