Inequality across districts and cities in the Riau

This research aims to analyze the level of development inequality across regions in the Riau province. This research attempts to identify and analyze the factors that cause inequality as well as to formulate a development policy for reducing inequalities in that region. This study used Theil index...

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Main Author: Muhammad Hidayat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitas Islam Indonesia 2014-10-01
Series:Economic Journal of Emerging Markets
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Online Access:https://www.hmj.accounting.uii.ac.id/JEP/article/view/4134
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description This research aims to analyze the level of development inequality across regions in the Riau province. This research attempts to identify and analyze the factors that cause inequality as well as to formulate a development policy for reducing inequalities in that region. This study used Theil index and regression analysis. The results of analysis using the Theil index indicate the existence of inequality between different development regions in the Riau Province with the percentage 50%-70%. From the regression analysis, this paper found that some economic and social factors were the important factors of development inequality in the province such as human development index and infrastructure budgets.
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spelling doaj.art-b3fe37a8ee364a96a0f5879f1d438dfa2022-12-22T02:26:47ZengUniversitas Islam IndonesiaEconomic Journal of Emerging Markets2086-31282502-180X2014-10-0162Inequality across districts and cities in the RiauMuhammad Hidayat0Department of Economics, Andalas University, Padang, Indonesia This research aims to analyze the level of development inequality across regions in the Riau province. This research attempts to identify and analyze the factors that cause inequality as well as to formulate a development policy for reducing inequalities in that region. This study used Theil index and regression analysis. The results of analysis using the Theil index indicate the existence of inequality between different development regions in the Riau Province with the percentage 50%-70%. From the regression analysis, this paper found that some economic and social factors were the important factors of development inequality in the province such as human development index and infrastructure budgets. https://www.hmj.accounting.uii.ac.id/JEP/article/view/4134developmentinequilitytheil indexregiondistrict
spellingShingle Muhammad Hidayat
Inequality across districts and cities in the Riau
Economic Journal of Emerging Markets
development
inequility
theil index
region
district
title Inequality across districts and cities in the Riau
title_full Inequality across districts and cities in the Riau
title_fullStr Inequality across districts and cities in the Riau
title_full_unstemmed Inequality across districts and cities in the Riau
title_short Inequality across districts and cities in the Riau
title_sort inequality across districts and cities in the riau
topic development
inequility
theil index
region
district
url https://www.hmj.accounting.uii.ac.id/JEP/article/view/4134
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