Inflation, economic growth and the unemployment rate in the province of Riau

Abstract

This research was carried out in the province of Riau. As for the purpose of this research is to find out how the relationship between inflation and economic growth the unemployment rate in the province of Riau. The methods used in this research is descriptive and quantitative analysis method that is by using the method of linear regression. While the types of data that are used are secondary data obtained from institutions-related institutions such as the Central Bureau of statistics and the Bank of Indonesia. From the results of this research were obtained in the test F (simultaneous trials) are known to be Significant F a countdown of 0.030 with significant level of level of 95% (α = 0.05), by comparing the Significant F countdown with Significant known Significant value F F count Significantly smaller than F (0.05) which means that inflation is represented by (the consumer price index and wages) and economic growth simultaneously/together against unemployment rate significantly influential in Riau Province. To test t (partial test) it is known that a significant effect on the unemployment rate in the province of Riau, namely economic growth significantly t calculate regression coefficient and his his 0.0070 -0.746975 and wages to the level of a significant level of 90% (α = 0.10) note significant F 0.0852 count less than 0.10 and its regression coefficients -0.051244. From the results of the calculation, obtained the value of the coefficient of determination (R2) of 0.439, meaning inflation affects economic growth, the unemployment rate of 43.9% 34.9% while the rest is influenced by other factors such as the number of labor force, educational level and skills of the workforce, work experience, and the level of poverty of the labor force.