PENGARUH JUMLAH PENDUDUK DAN PRODUK DOMESTIK REGIONAL BRUTO (PDRB) TERHADAP PENGANGGURAN DI KOTA MOJOKERTO

Abstract

High unemployment  is one of the  few obstacles to development  in almost
all  regions, so it’s  interesting to assessed, considering  this problem also potentially
lead to poverty. Mojokerto  is one of the regions  that currently  trying to  reduce  the
amount of  unemployment  as few as possible. There are  several  factors that cause
high  unemployment  such as Gross Domestic Product  and  population explosion  in
Mojokerto. The purpose  of  this study was to  analyze the effect of  population  and
Gross Domestic Regional Product on unemployment in Mojokerto.
The type of this research is  quantitative  using  associative  approach. The
data used  on this research  are  time series data  (periodic)  in  2001  –  2011.  The
research  variables  are  population  and Gross Domestic Product  as an  independent
variable  and  unemployment  as the dependent variable. Hypothesis testing is
performed  by  multiple linear  regression  analysis,  which  first tested the  classical
assumptions.
Results of this research proved  that partially or simultaneously population
and  Gross Domestic Regional Product  significantly affect on  unemployment  in
Mojokerto. The coefficient of determination (R2
) by 57 percent, while the remaining
43 percent is explained by other variables not included in the research.
 
Keywords:  Unemployment,  Gross Domestic Regional Product  (GDRP),  and
Population