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Migration bears a significant relationship with the dynamics of economic growth in developing countries. This study aims to investigate whether the allocation of internal migrant workers to specific regional units, as conducted in this research within East Java Province, Indonesia, yields the anticipated effects. The Heckman two-step estimation method was used in analyzing the impact of migrant workers on economic growth in developing countries. The results of this study indicate that the determinants of migrant workers in East Java are significantly influenced by age, gender, level of education, marital status, presence of family members under the age of 5, description of the category of origin, Gross Regional Domestic Product Based on Current Prices (PDRB ADHK), region of origin, and the number of poor people. The results of the analysis of the significant impact of migrant workers on the economic sector (PDRB ADHK in destination areas) on migrant workers in East Java are migrant workers of productive age, male migrant workers, migrant workers with bachelor/diploma's degree, migrant workers who come from areas with the widest type of floor is in the form of non-timber/soil housing, and migrant workers originating from small-town areas contribute the most to the PDRB of the destination region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Migration is one way for villagers in Bangkalan District to survive and improve their lives. Availability of employment and differences in the level of wages received in migrant areas are attractive factors, while the condition of villages in terms of physical capital, human capital, financial capital and natural capital which are less than ideal are the driving factors for migrating. This study examines the impact of the Suramadu bridge on the number of villagers migrating internationally using Village Potential data in 2007 and 2017 along with the factors that influence villagers to migrate internationally. Data were analyzed using tobit regression. The existence of the Suramadu bridge was not able to reduce the interest of the population to migrate internationally, instead it even increased the interest of the population to migrate internationally. Before the Suramadu bridge was operational, the existence of rice fields, building area, program credit, non-agricultural business, educational facilities and superior products reduced the interest of villagers to migrate internationally. After the Suramadu bridge operated, the existence of rice fields, building area and skills facilities reduced the interest of villagers to migrate internationally and the presence of poor people in the village increased the interest of residents to migrate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Poverty can be found in a developing country especially in the rural area, including Kabupaten Bangkalan, East Java, Indonesia. One of the reasons is the limited mobility and accessibility. To overcome this problem, the government has built the Suramadu bridge which connects Kabupaten Bangkalan in Madura island with Kota Surabaya in Java Island so that the mobility and accessibility in both areas can be better. This study aims at measuring how big the impact of Suramadu bridge development on rural poverty in Kabupaten Bangkalan, using village potential data in 2007 and 2017 by Badan Pusat Statistik (Central Agency of Statistic). The dependent variable is the amount of poor population and the independent variable consists of physical capital, human capital, natural capital and financial capital which analyzed by using OLS. Suramadu bridge has negative impact on poverty which means after the Suramadu bridge operates, the poverty level in rural area is decreased. Before the Suramadu bridge operates, it was only natural capital that gives impact on poverty while after the Suramadu bridge operates, all of the independent variables give an impact on poverty reduction. The existence of Suramadu bridge can ease the government on issuing the poverty reduction policy in rural area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study investigates social capital bonding among the economic actors in Lok Baintan Floating Market to assess if bonding is used as a strategy to survive or an obstacle to increasing the traders' income. The study adopts a qualitative design using the phenomenological approach to explore the individuals' interpretation of their experience. The result showed that the social bonding capital maintained by economic actors in the Lok Baintan Floating Market is a factor for their survival. Social capital also contributes to increasing traders' income. Bonding social capital prioritises the trust implied in the social capital construction relationship (social interaction and economy within the family and relatives as the traders' capital source and Assisting relation appears from friendship networking) and agreement on price (the intensive personal relation emerging from trust to ease price agreement and the culture of more or less "kurang labih"). These act as solutions to the problems in price agreement due to "Papadaan" bonding. Observation also shows that it has wide spare economic impact on Lok Baintan and the surrounding communities by improving the economy of farmers and traders in the Lok Baintan Floating Market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study is to examine the impact of public expenditure and efficiency to economic growth of regencies and cities in Java, Indonesia in the period of 2011-2016. This study employs secondary annual data on education expenditure, health expenditure, gross fixed capital formation, inflation rate, population growth, and per capita gross regional domestic product as obtained from Central Bureau of Statistic (BPS) and Autonomy Directorate General in Ministry of Finance (DJPK). Fixed effect model was applied for a sample of 73 regencies and cities in Java, Indonesia. The study results present that the increase in public expenditure will improve the economic growth of regencies and cities in Java, Indonesia. The study results also demonstrated a fact when the public expenditure is intercommunicated with the government efficiently; the positive evidence for government involvement in leading the impact of public expenditure on economic growth becoming unnecessary. Based on this study result, fiscal policy maker of regencies and cities in Java, Indonesia should consider more for using the expenditure to accelerate the economic growth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]