THE EFFECT OF INVESTMENT, EDUCATION AND OCCUPATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ON ECONOMIC GROWTH AND POVERTY LEVELS IN THE SARBAGITA AREA, PROVINCE OF BALI, INDONESIA

Abstract

Poverty is not only a concern of various countries but also the government and the people of an area in all parts of Indonesia including the Province of Bali, especially in the Sarbagita region. Various strategic policies and poverty reduction activities have been implemented directly or indirectly, both on a national and local scale. This study aims to analyze the Effects of Investment, Education, Employment Opportunities on Economic Growth, and Poverty Rate in the Sarbagita Region in the Province of Bali in 2009-2019. Data sources in this study are secondary data, obtained from the Revenue Service, Statistics Indonesia (BPS) in the Sarbagita Regional Region and the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of the Province of Bali. The analytical tool used in this study is path analysis using Partial Least Square (SPSS) and SPSS software. The results of this study indicate that investment and education have a positive and significant effect on employment opportunities in the Sarbagita Region. Investment, education, and employment opportunities have a positive and significant impact on economic growth. Investment, education, employment opportunities, economic growth have a negative and significant effect on poverty levels. Investment, education has a non-significant effect on economic growth through employment opportunities. Investment and education have a significant effect on poverty levels through employment opportunities. Investment, education has a significant effect on poverty levels through economic growth. Job opportunities have a non-significant effect on poverty levels through economic growth

Keywords

• investment
• education
• employment opportunities
• economic growth
• poverty levels