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Abstract: This study aims to analyze the impact of household characteristics and the parents characteristics of demand for children in West Sumatra. The data used in this study is the cross section data collected from the data KOR SUSENAS 2012. This research method using the technique of poison regression analysis. Based on the results of research: Educational wife, age at marriage, age of head of household, spending, the undertaking of the head of household, and home ownership status significantly influence the demand for children. Step in taking policy in development by the government to control the population is to increase the level of formal education such scholarships to be able to continue formal education to the higher, to provide financial assistance such as small loans, and so forth. Keywords: demand for children, household characteristics, the characteristics of parents Abstrak : Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis dampak dari karakteristik rumah tangga dan karakteristik orang tua terhadap permintaan anak di Sumatera Barat. Data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah data cross section yang dikumpulkan dari data KOR SUSENAS tahun 2012. Metode penelitian ini menggunakan teknik analisis regresi poison dan logistic. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian : Pendidikan istri, usia saat nikah, umur kepala rumah tangga, pengeluaran, lapangan usaha kepala rumah tangga, dan status kepemilikan rumah berpengaruh signifikan terhadap permintaan anak. Langkah dalam mengambil kebijakan dalam pembangunan oleh pemerintah untuk mengendalikan jumlah penduduk yaitu dengan meningkatkan tingkat pendidikan formal dengan bantuan seperti beasiswa agar mampu melanjutkan pendidikan formal kejenjang yang lebih tinggi, memberikan bantuan dana seperti kredit usaha rakyat, dan lain sebagainya. Kata Kunci: permintaan anak, karakteristik rumah tangga, karakteristik orang tua

This study aims to estimate and explain the effect of government transfers on District/City Tax Effort in West Sumatra Province during the period 2012-2019. This type of research is quantitative research using secondary data with Panel Regression analysis model to analyze the effect of government transfers in the form of general allocation funds, profit sharing funds and special allocation funds on Tax Effort . The estimation results show that the General Allocation Fund, Revenue Sharing Fund and Special Allocation Fund have an effect on the growth of Regency/City Tax Effort in West Sumatra Province.

This study aims to determine and analyze the influence of (1) foreign direct investment, (2) portfolio investment, and (3) foreign debt to the economy in Indonesia. The analysis used Ordinary Least Square (OLS) with multiple linear regression tests using time series data from 1986 to 2016. Data sources from the Central Statistics Agency, SEKI Bank Indonesia, World Bank. The results of this study are foreign direct investment, portfolio investment and foreign debt have a positive and significant impact on the economy in Indonesia. From the results of the study, the Indonesian government is expected to improve policies in the investment climate in Indonesia, including security, licensing and facilities and infrastructure, where the improvement of the investment climate will open employment opportunities and will improve the welfare of the community and make efforts to properly manage foreign debt provide benefits to improve the Indonesian economy

Economic growth can be defined as a process of changing the economic conditions of a country on an ongoing basis towards a better condition during a certain period. This study aims to examine the effect of corruption, democracy and external debt on economic growth in 7 countries Asia Pasific. This is because of The Asia Pacific became known around the 1980s when financial market, international trade and political condition have increased. The data used is panel data during the period 2014-2018, and collected by data documentation and library obtained from World Bank, International Transparency and Freedom In The World. Using the panel data regression, the estimation results are (1) Corruption has a positive and significant effect on economic growth in 7 Asia Pacific countries, with a regression coefficient value of -0.2753, (2) Democracy has a positive and significant effect on economic growth in 7 Asia Pacific countries with a regression coefficient value of 0.0586, (3) External debt has a significant positive effect on economic growth in 7 countries Asia Pacific region with a regression coefficient of 0.7604 (4) Corruption, Democracy and External Debt have a significant effect on economic growth in 7 countries in the Asia Pacific region, with a probability value (F-statistic) of 0.0008

This study aims to determine and analyze the effect of the minimum wage, open unemployment rate, education and government spending on poverty in Indonesia. This research is a kind of descriptive and inductive research. The data used is secondary panel data from 2010-2019 obtained from related institutions and then analyzed using a panel data regression model by performing a classical assumption test. The results of this study indicate that: (1) the minimum wage has a positive and insignificant effect on poverty, (2) the open unemployment rate has a positive and insignificant effect on poverty, (3) education has a negative and significant effect on poverty, and (4) government spending has a negative effect and not significant on poverty in Indonesia.

The purposes of this research are to analyze the effect of (1) education index to economic growth, and (2) health index to economic growth. Types of research are descriptive and associative that show how exogen variable (X) effect endogenous variable (Y). Type of data is polled time series that combination of data or combinatioan from 19 regency/district in west Sumatera during 4 years and amount of data is 76 (n>30). Data analysis technique is linear regression analysis. Based on research that (1) education index has significant effect and poistive to economic growth, and (2) health index has significant effect and negative to economic growth. Based on reseach and analysis, government should increase facilities and infrastructure for education and health services to improve human qualities and increase the economic growth.

This research purpose are to the analyse the how the impact of dependent variables, there are Sharia Financing, Commercial Credit, Inflation, Government Expenditure, and Human Development in terms of the Economic Growth in Indonesia. Methods that being used are Panel Least Square and used Fixed Effect Model, the estimation results show that Sharia Financing has a positive effect but not significant on Economic Growth in Indonesia, Credit Commercial has a significant positive effect on Economic Growth in Indonesia, Inflation has a significant negative effect on Economic Growth in Indonesia, Government Expenditure has a significant positive effect on Economic Growth in Indonesia, and Human Development has a significant positive effect on Economic Growth in Indonesia.

This study is to measure the level of efficiency of education spending at school age during 2013 and 2014 in West Sumatra. Determine the level of efficiency of education spending at school age and school operational assistance (BOS) during 2013 and 2014 in West Sumatra. Determine the level of efficiency of education spending at school age, school operational assistance, the ratio of teachers to students during 2013 and 2014 in West Sumatra.The type of this research is descriptive and quantitative.The method used in this research is data envelopment analysis (DEA). The research variable consists of input and output variables. The results of this research explains that the level of the high efficiency of government spending on the education sector in the West Sumatra, although there are some districts and cities that are not efficient. Keywords: Education spending at school age, BOS, ratio of teachers to students, Efficiency and DEA

This study uses two estimation models, logistic and linear regression. The logit model is used to see the probability of an individual being a tobacco user. The second method uses multiple linear regres- sion which aims to see the factors that influence the demand for tobacco consumption in West Suma- tra. This research was obtained from National Socio-Economic Survey in 2019. Comparing these two models, there was a slight difference. Income does not influence an individual's decision to become a tobacco user, while this variable is significant in influencing the demand for tobacco. This study also reveal that social and economic factors are significant in influencing the demand for tobacco in West Sumatra. Economic factors show that tobacco is a normal good. Meanwhile, from social factors such as education level shows that the lower the level of education causes individuals to become tobacco users and also causes the demand for cigarettes in West Sumatra to increase. This result causes the standard of household living to be disrupted because education is a human capital investment. So that various policies from the government are expected to control tobacco consumption in West Sumatra.

Social welfare program from the government has a role in reducing poverty rates and improving the welfare of poor households. Through social assistance, it can increase household income and indirectly alleviate the need for women to work. This study aims to analyze the effect of government social assistance on the probability of married women participating in the labor market. This study uses secondary data from the National Socio-Economic Survey (SUSENAS) in 2019 in West Sumatra. Using the logit model, the results of this study show that married women who are receiving social assistance have a greater opportunity to participate in the labor market.

This study aims to analyse the potencies, challenges and strategy to develop organic paddy farming in West Sumatra. The selection of study area used a snowball sampling technique. To get the characteristics, potencies and challenges faced by farmers in the development of organic paddy, the researchers conducted a survey by using simple random sampling. In total, 144 organic farmers were chosen from cities and districts. Based on the results obtained from the survey, the researchers conducted in-depth interviews related to the potencies, challenges and strategies of developing organic paddy in West Sumatra. Those strategies were analyzed using SWOT analysis. The results show that organic paddy farming in West Sumatra has the potential to develop despite of the existing of challenges. The potencies of organic farming are discussed in several aspects such as government support, economic, environmental and health benefit. Nevertheless, the main serious problem that often encountered are land ownership, marketing, and quality as well as quantity issues. Moreover, the strategy that can be taken into account is to strengthen the government support and market networth and establish integrated pest control field schools.