| Summary: | This study aims at analyzing the effect of government expenditure and
private investment on job opportunity in the main sectors of agriculture, industry,
and service, in Bitung Municipality during 2008-2011 in eight sub-districts. The
study used secondary data, i.e. the combined panel data of time-series and crosssectional
data from each of the sub-districts in Bitung Municipality during 2008-
2011. The data were acquired from some relevant instances, including the Central
Bureau of Statistic in North Celebes province, the Central Bureau of Statistic in
Bitung Municipality, the Local Development Planning Board (Bappeda) in Bitung
Municipality, the Integrated License Service and Capital Investment Board in
Bitung Municipality, the Board of Labor and Transmigration in Bitung
Municipality, and the Board of Financial in Bitung Municipality. The dependent
variables of job opportunities in three main sectors of agriculture, industry, and
service, and the dependent variables of government expenditure and private
investment were examined.
Result of the study indicates that private investment had positive effect on
job opportunities in the three main sectors of agriculture, industry and service,
while government expenditure did not. In agricultural sector, both government
expenditure and private investment did not have significant effect, while in
industrial and service sectors, private investment had significant effect on job
opportunities and government expenditure did not have significant effect.
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