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Abstract
Purpose – This study aims to analyze the impact of agricultural sector growth on its labor absorption in Central Java Province from 2019 to 2023
Methods – Labor absorption in the agricultural sector is regressed against agricultural sector growth, labor force participation rates, and minimum wage using static panel data analysis methods. After going through model selection procedures, the best estimation model is the fixed effect model.
Findings – The study's results indicate that labor absorption in the agricultural sector is not influenced by the growth of the agricultural sector itself due to efficiency and mechanization in this sector. On the contrary, the level of labor absorption follows the developments in labor force participation rates and the minimum wage at the district/city level. This indicates that labor in the agricultural sector comprises of workers who are not absorbed in the formal sector.
Implication – The increase in productivity in the agricultural sector is expected to enhance labor absorption in this sector through the intensification and extensification of agriculture.
Originality – This research has strategic value in increasing labor absorption in the agricultural sector to reduce unemployment in Indonesia.
Abstrak
Tujuan – Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengaruh pertumbuhan sektor pertanian terhadap penyerapan tenaga kerjanya di Propinsi Jawa Tengah periode 2019 - 2023.
Metode – Penyerapan tenaga kerja sektor pertanian diregress terhadap pertumbuhan sektor pertanian, tingkat partisipasi angakatan kerja, dan upah minimum dengan menggunakan metode analisis panel data statis. Setelah melalui prosedur pemilihan model maka model estimasi yang paling baik adalah fixed effect.
Temuan – Hasil studi menunjukkan bahwa penyerapan tenaga kerja di sektor pertanian tidak dipengaruhi oleh pertumbuhan sektor pertanian itu sendiri yang diduga karena efisiensi dan mekanisasi sektor pertanian. Sebaliknya, tingkat penyerapan tenaga kerja mengingkuti perkembangan tingkat partisipasi angkatan kerja dan tingkat upah minimum kabupaten/kota. Hal ini mengindikasikan bahwa tenaga kerja sektor pertanian merupakan angkatan kerja yang tidak terserap pada sektor formal.
Implikasi – Peningkatan produktivitas sektor pertanian diharapkan dapat meningkatkan penyerapan tenaga kerja pada sektor ini melalui intensifikasi dan ekstensifikasi pertanian.
Orisinalitas – Penelitian ini memiliki nilai strategis dalam meningkatkan penyerapan tenaga kerja di sektor petanian untuk mengurangi pengangguran di Indonesia.
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Faqih, A. (2009). Pengaruh pembangunan sektor pertanian terhadap kesempatan kerja dan distribusi pendapatan di Provinsi Jawa Tengah. Universitas Negeri Semarang.
Fauzia, R., & Lee, S. (2013). The Impact of Agricultural Productivity on Rural to Urban Migration in Java, Indonesia. Jurnal Tataloka, 15(4), 235. https://doi.org/10.14710/TATALOKA.15.4.235-247
Irawan, A. R., Ashari, Sudaryanto, T., Irawan, B., Sunarsih, & Nida, F. S. (2021). Dynamic of migration and labor productivity in the rural area of PATANAS villages. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 892(1), 012083. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/892/1/012083
Kawasaki, P. (2024). Analisis penyerapan tenaga kerja di Provinsi Jawa Tengah. Economics, Finance, and Business Review, 1(1), 47–58. https://doi.org/10.20885/EFBR.VOL1.ISS1.ART5
Miftakudin, M., Juliprijanto, W., & Prasetyanto, P. K. (2019). Analisis Potensi Sektor Pertanian dalam Menyerap Tenaga Kerja di Kabupaten Temanggung Tahun 2012 – 2016. Dinamic, 1(2), 213–222. https://doi.org/10.31002/DINAMIC.V1I2.517
Pratama, Y. A., & Hidayah, N. (2023). Determinan Penyerapan Tenaga Kerja Sektor Pertanian di Provinsi Jawa Tengah dengan Pendekatan Data Panel Periode 2010-2021. Ekonomis: Journal of Economics and Business, 7(1), 151–158. https://doi.org/10.33087/ekonomis.v7i1.759
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Putri, R. F., Aji, A., & Sulistya, A. R. (2020). Land priority area for agribusiness development based on human and economic resources in Central Java. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 451(1), 012020. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/451/1/012020
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Siregar, T. (2020). Impacts of minimum wages on employment and unemployment in Indonesia. Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 25, 62 - 78. https://doi.org/10.1080/13547860.2019.1625585.
Soetriono, A. S. (2016). *Pengantar ilmu pertanian*. Malang: Intimedia Kelompok Intrans Publishing.
Sriyana, J. (2014). *Metode regresi data panel*. Yogyakarta: Ekonesia.
Tri Pambudi, A., & Rejekiningsih, T. W. (2011). Pergeseran Struktur Perekonomianatas Dasar Penyerapan Tenaga Kerjadi Provinsi Jawa Tengah. Universitas Diponegoro.
Widarjono, A. P. (2018). *Ekonometrika pengantar dan aplikasinya disertai panduan Eviews + CD data*. Yogyakarta: UPP STIM YKPN.