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The purpose of this study was to analyze the willingness to pay contributions of informal workers and the factors that affect the willingness to pay contribution of  Badan Penyelenggara Jaminan Sosial (BPJS) Kesehatan for informal workers in Brebes Regency. Descriptive research with quantitative approach method is used in this study. Data analysis method uses logistic regression method. The results showed that 71 respondents were willing to pay contribution of Badan Penyelenggara Jaminan Sosial (BPJS) Kesehatan for the sustainability of the program and improve the quality of service facilities and 29 respondents said they were not willing to pay. Factors that have a significantly affect on willingness to pay for informal workers are income variable, number of family members, and history of catastrophic disease. Whereas the factors that have no significant on willingness to pay are the last education variable and knowledge. The policy implication for local governments is to increase productivity in the informal sector which aims to increase income of informal workers and re-record Pekerja Bukan Penerima Upah (PBPU) participants who are economically incapable to be transferred to Penerima Bantuan Iuran (PBI) participants. Increase knowledge related to the importance of paying contributions to Pekerja Bukan Penerima Upah (PBPU) participants by Badan Penyelenggara Jaminan Sosial ( BPJS) Kesehatan.

This study examines the fiscal and monetary policy in Indonesia using the Mundell-Fleming model. The main objective of this study was to determine which policies are effective between fiscal and monetary policies of the national income in Indonesia because Indonesia is a small open economy with not perfect capital mobility. The analysis technique used is Two Stage Least Square (TSLS) by using secondary data base on International Financial Statistics, 2000.I 2014.II . The research result is monetary policy is more effective than the fiscal policy in which monetary policy multiplier at 0.0028 greater than fiscal policy multiplier 0.001316. The results are consistent with the theory of the Mundell-Fleming.

Tourism sector is one of the leading national sectors that has multiplier effect on other sectors that may encourage the national and regional economic development. Tourist village is used as an alternative strategy in village development. Central Java is one province with a large number of tourist villages. Several areas in Central Java are developing tourist villages, one of which is Jepara Regency that is developing cluster-based tourist villages. Jepara Regency has three clusters of tourist villages with each characteristic and potential. This research aims at formulating a development strategy of tourist village cluster as an effort to increase the length of stay of tourists. It uses a mixed approach using primary data, the determination of research sample using the key-person method with purposive sampling technique. It uses a SWOT analysis technique. The analysis has found that determining the development strategy of tourist village clusters in Jepara Regency as an effort to increase the length of stay of tourists resulted in the Strength-Opportunity (SO) strategy in three clusters of tourist villages. It is implicated in increasing tourist village attractions by utilizing the potential of tourist villages that have not been managed yet; building public facilities and tourism facilities that support tourist villages; optimizing human resources; conducting branding, advertising, and selling through social media, print media, and cooperation with private sectors by holding routine activities, festivals, and tour packages; and maximizing TIC as a tourist information center and DESWARA as a tourist village coordinator in Jepara Regency.

The research aims to formulate strategies for improving the labor competencies in the bag industry in Kudus Regency. Population of this study is business players and then sample is collected with technique of random samples. Data is analyses using the SWOT analysis (Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats). The results showed that the proper strategy for improving employment in the bag industry is growth and build strategy. Growth and development strategy is intensive action undertaken through the development of labor competencies to improve the quality of output. It's can be made with creating the learning resources by design method and trainings refers to the Competency Based Training (CBT).