Abstract
Economic development positions human as an important factor of production. Therefore quality human resources are needed for sustainable development. Indonesia as a country with a large population potential is expected to take advantage of the opportunity through demographic bonuses that will occur in 2020-2030. However, the emergence of NEET (not in employment, education or training) has become a new problem that threatens the success of development. NEET is a measure that includes young people in the age range of 15-24 years old, who are not in employment, education or training. NEET is considered more comprehensive than unemployment because it can see the dynamics and activeness of youth in the labor market. The presence of NEET is inseparable from the determinant characteristics the chances of someone becoming a NEET youth. This study uses Sakernas data for 2017 and 2018 to see the phenomenon and determinant characteristics of NEET status. The result showed NEET youth in West Sumatera was dominated by economically inactive youth. And by using logistic regression analysis, obtained several characteristic that significantly influence the chance of youth’s vulnerability to become a NEET. Youth who live in rural areas have a greater opportunity to become NEET youth, while youth with high level education are even more vulnerable to becoming NEET. Gender does not have a significant effect on determinants of NEET status in areas that adhere to this matrilineal kinship system. Based on the result of this study, the government as the holder of authority is expected to implement policies to reduce the proportion of NEET youth.
Highlights
Human resources are the most important part in the development of a country.Abundant natural wealth and capital will not provide the maximum contribution as long as it is not supported by adequate human resources. Siregar (2017) states that the acceleration of the economic development level can be obtained by utilizing superior human resources
Increased productivity gained through training will have an impact on future income increases, at the same time of training the will be an increase in spending to finance job training
In the two years in a row, Bukittinggi municipality became the region with the lowest proportion of NEET youth, while Pasaman district was the region with the highest proportion
Summary
Human resources are the most important part in the development of a country.Abundant natural wealth and capital will not provide the maximum contribution as long as it is not supported by adequate human resources. Siregar (2017) states that the acceleration of the economic development level can be obtained by utilizing superior human resources. According to Lee (2018), effort to improve the quality of human resources are important of sustainable growth, because it provides opportunity for middle-income economies to move to high-income economies. This confirms that improving the quality of human resources has the opportunity to increase people’s income, so that in general it will have a positive influence on improving the economy of a region. According to Schultz (1961) education and training is a form of human resource investment activities. Becker (1994) states that training conducted at work is an important form of investment because it will affect income. Increased productivity gained through training will have an impact on future income increases, at the same time of training the will be an increase in spending to finance job training
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