This paper examines how human capital and other economic variables, such as private investment, economic growth, government investment, inflation, and unemployment influence inequality in Indonesia's provinces. We apply panel data model with fixed effect estimation for the data of 34 provinces from the period 2013 to 2019. We develop a new index for human capital using the education index approach. The results show that human capital has a negative and significant effect on income inequality. An increase in human capital is related to an increase in knowledge and competence due to the longer average school year and expectations of the school year. Human capital has increased the possibility of a person being accepted into the job market and earning a higher income; hence, it lowers income inequality. We also find that inflation leads to a higher gap of income distribution. A further implication of this situation is that the rise in inflation causes an increase in low-income people, and as a consequence, makes their lives worse off. This paper will be beneficial for policy-makers for whom human capital, which is measured using an education index, is an important factor that significantly affects income inequality, in addition to other economic factors.

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This study aims to determine and understand the determinants of inequality in economic development between provinces in Indonesia. The analysis is carried out by first calculating the Williamson Index as an indicator of inequality in economic development between regions. They used economic and social variables, including the human development index, road infrastructure, and foreign investment. This research method uses a statistical panel data approach with the Fixed Effect Model (FEM) model. This study explains that the human development index partially has a significant negative effect on inequality between regions. Road infrastructure and foreign investment have a significant positive impact on inequality between regions. Simultaneously, the human development index, road infrastructure, and foreign investment significantly affect economic development inequality between regions.

In order to complete this research, this article is explained about the amounts of domestic tourists who is arrived into a region and also between any regions in Indonesia. Through the time series data method as well as the concept of error correction model (ECM), even in the short term, long term, or equilibrium at each timeline, the number of these variables have been tested. Based on the results of short-term tests, lots of information could be categorized as the few factors which is affected the amounts of domestic tourist arrival into a region, such as national income, quality of education, and also the lifestyle. Besides, lots of thing that could be categorized as the few factors which is affected the amounts of domestic tourist arrival between few regions are about the exchange variable and inflation rate. But if we talked about the results of long-term test which still about the amounts of domestic tourists between few regions, the affected factor is only about national income without anything related to other problems such as quality of education or lifestyle as well. As an addition, the analysis of ECT concept also gave some results about an equilibrium per each period of domestic tourist arrival into a region and also between few regions, it was at 1,23% and 0,95%. Furthermore, on the long-term equilibrium, there was no balance at all, both in cases of tourist arrival into a region and between regions.

Indikator kesejahteraan keluarga menurut BKKBN yaitu dapat memenuhi kebutuhan dasarnya seperti pangan, sandang dan perumahan. Saat ini, bukan hanya pria yang berperan dalam perekonomian keluarga, akan tetapi perempuanpun memiliki andil dalam membantu peningkatan ekonomi keluarga. Terutama pada saat Covid-19 dimana pendapatan rata-rata keluarga mengalami penurunan. Tujuan dari pengabdian ini adalah mengoptimalkan kreativitas yang dimiliki perempuan pedesaan melalui pemanfaatan dan inovasi produk unggulan bambu sebagai sebagai salah satu cara untuk ikut andil dalam peningkatan prekonomian keluarga. Pengabdian ini dilaksanakan pada Desa binaan yang berada di Desa Pasuluhan Kecamatan Walantaka Serang Banten. Metode pelaksanaan pengabdian ini dilaksanakan dengan melakukan penyuluhan dengan community development secara persuasif dan edukatif serta dilakukan mapping kepada peserta terkait minat usaha perempuan desa diantaranya ibu-ibu dan pemudi karang taruna. Dari hasil pelaksanaan pengabdian ini diantaranya adalah adanya inovasi produk bambu di desa pasuluhan, adanya respon positif serta motivasi perempuan desa untuk berwirausaha sesuai dengan minat dan keahlian yang dimiliki.