The THE EFFECT OF ECONOMIC GROWTH, INFLATION, AND PANDEMIC COVID-19 AS CONTROL VARIABLE PANDEMIC ON UNEMPLOYMENT IN INDONESIA 2018-2021

Abstract

Unemployment is a problem that must be considered to provide public welfare. With the pandemic-covid-19 condition, unemployment has increased more than 4%. The independent variable in this study is unemployment in Indonesia during the Covid-19 pandemic. This study uses secondary data and multiple linear regression analysis of panel data with quantitative methods using Eviews-9 software. Tests were carried out using the Common Effect Model, Fixed Effect Model, and Random Effect Model using the Chow test, Hausman test, and Langrange Multiplier test as well as the classical assumption test, namely normality test, multicollinearity test, heteroscedasticity test, and R2 coefficient hypothesis test, statistical test. F, and test statistic t. The data that the researcher got from BPS and Bank Indonesia data as well as other latest media with a descriptive approach, and the research population were Economic Growth, Inflation, Covid-19 as Dummy Variables Against Indonesian Unemployment 2018-2021. The results showed that the Economic Growth Variable had a positive and significant effect on unemployment in 2018-2021, the Inflation Variable had a negative and significant effect on unemployment in 2018-2021, and the Covid-19 pandemic variable had a positive and significant effect on unemployment in 2018-2021.