Abstract
This study was conducted to analyze the classification of economic growth of each district/city in South Sulawesi Province use Klassen typology, Williamson index, and logistic regression. Analyze income inequality between districts/cities in South Sulawesi Province. This study uses secondary data with a sample of fifteen years from 2005 to 2019. The results of the study show that: (1) several districts/cities have potential as developed and fast-growing areas, developed but depressed areas, fast-developing areas, and relatively underdeveloped areas; (2) income inequality in South Sulawesi Province is in a low condition; (3) economic growth and income disparity have a negative and significant effect on welfare in South Sulawesi Province. This means that economic growth and growth disparities affect the community's welfare in South Sulawesi Province. Economic development results do not only indicate the direction of achieving specific economic growth rates. Based on the results, it can be concluded that the economic growth has fluctuated. The Williamson Index shows that there are disparities. Partially, economic growth and income disparity significantly affect people's welfare in South Sulawesi Province. So that, the local government in its program is also expected to be able to more intensively carry out efforts to equalize income distribution social welfare.
Highlights
A country will not be separated from economic activities
The economic growth rate is calculated based on changes in Gross Regional Domestic Product (GDP) based on constant prices for the year in question against the previous year
Economic growth can be seen as an increase in the number of goods and services produced by all business fields of economic activity in an area over one year
Summary
A country will not be separated from economic activities This economic activity occurs in every form of life activity (Wasdani & Prasad, 2020; Dahliah et al, 2020). It happens in all circles of society, both the lower middle class and the upper-class community, and its implementation in a developing country such as Indonesia. Development policies are carried out to achieve high economic growth by utilizing the potential and resources that exist and are different for each region This process is carried out so that development can be felt more evenly. The government's attention must be focused on all regions without any special treatment in certain areas (Xu & Dobson, 2019; Sochirca et al, 2016; Švarc, 2006)
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