The results of previous research on the relationship between economic growth and poverty have shown inconclusive results. This could be due to the fact that the relationship between these variables is indirect. Therefore, this study tries to introduce employment opportunity as a mediating variable. In addition, the authors also examined the effect of control variables consisting of dependency ratio, education, and infrastructure. The data used in this study are panel data of 6 provinces on Java Island in the period of 2000-2017. The methods used in this study are path analysis and multiple linear regression. The results  show that employment opportunity perfectly mediates the relationship between poverty and economic growth. This study also found that dependency ratio and education had a significant effect on poverty, while infrastructure had a negative, but insignificant effect on poverty. The perfect mediating effect implies that economic growth will reduce poverty only if the economic growth is able to generate employment opportunities. These findings imply the importance of inclusive growth that gives access to the poor to work and business opportunities.

One of the labor problems is the availability of job opportunities which are very limited, while the number of workforce is increasing. This type of research used in this research is quantitative. The data used in this research is panel data with multiple linear regression analysis techniques. This data uses 35 districts / cities in Central Java Province from 2014-2019. The results showed that economic growth and inflation did not have a significant effect on employment in Central Java Province in 2014-2019. Meanwhile, Regional Minimum Wage and Human Development Index have a positive and significant effect on employment in Central Java Province in 2014-2019. The implications that can be given are the need to improve the quality of the population in Central Java Province. To increase the Human Development Index, it is possible to facilitate access to health and education facilities at affordable prices.

The purpose of this research is to analyze the influence of oil prices fluctuations to Indonesia macroeconomics that is economic growth, inflation, and unemployment from 1988 to 2018. The data analysis technique uses Vector Autoregressive (VAR). The result showed that oil price fluctuations in the amount of one standard deviation will gives a positive influence to economic growth, inflation rate, and unemployment which each has 0,001 percent, 0,001 percent, and 0,002 percent.Keyword : World Oil Prices, Economic Growth, Inflation, and Unemployment Abstrak Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui bagaimana pengaruh fluktuasi harga minyak dunia terhadap variabel makroekonomi Indonesia yaitu pertumbuhan ekonomi, inflasi, dan angka pengangguran dari tahun 1988 sampai dengan 2018. Teknik analisis data menggunaan Vector Autoregression (VAR). Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa guncangan yang terjadi pada fluktuasi harga minyak dunia sebesar satu standar deviasi akan memberikan pengaruh positif terhadap pertumbuhan ekonomi, inflasi serta pengangguran yaitu masing-masing sebesar 0,001 persen, 0,001 persen, dan 0,002 persen.Kata Kunci : Harga Minyak Dunia, Pertumbuhan Ekonomi, Inflasi, dan Pengangguran

East Java Province is one of the largest regions and has the second highest GDP on Java Island. However, based on the Williamson index the level of income distribution within regions districts/cities is still low. This study intent to analyze areas that become growth pole and spatial economic interactions in East Java Province in 2009 and 2018. The analyses used in this research are gravity model analysis and scalogram analysis. The results of scalogram analysis and centrality showed that in 2009 there were 3 districts/cities included in Hierarchy I, 5 districts/cities in Hierarchy II, 6 districts/cities in Hierarchy III, 9 districts/cities in Hierarchy IV, 12 districts/cities in Hierarchy V and 3 districts/cities VI. While in 2018 there were 8 districts/cities in Hierarchy I, 10 districts/cities in Hierarchy II, 11 districts/cities in Hierarchy III, 4 districts/cities in Hierarchy IV, 3 districts/cities in Hierarchy V and 2 districts/cities in Hierarchy VI. Growth pole areas within hinterland areas in 2009 to 2018 increased. From 2009 to 2018 hinterland areas that interact strongly with the city of Surabaya such as Sidoarjo Regency, Gresik Regency and Bangkalan Regency. The results imply the necessity to increase interaction or cooperation both in the economic and social between the regions which are the center of growth and the hinterland region such as in the economic sector.

This study aims to analyze the effect of financial literacy, trust, location, income, and perception of profit sharing on interest in saving in Islamic banks. This type of research is quantitative. The sampling technique was simple random sampling and a sample of 100 respondents. The method of analysis used multiple linear regression. The results showed that financial literacy and location did not affect the interest in saving in Islamic banks in the people of Banyumas Regency. trust, income and perception of profit sharing have a positive and significant effect on the interest in saving in Islamic banks in the people of Banyumas Regency. the need to improve the provision of information about Islamic banks such as Islamic principles and products in Islamic banks, so that public interest in saving in Islamic banks will increase.