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Economics Development Analysis Journal 5 (3) (2016) Economics Development Analysis Journal http://journal.unnes.ac.id/sju/index.php/edaj Priority Program of Unemployment Problem Solving in Pati Regency Erni Arivia Roseline1, Sucihatiningsih D.W.P2 Economics Development Department, Economics Faculty, Universitas Negeri Semarang Article Information Abstract ________________ ____________________________________________________________ History of Article: Pati is one regency that has the population with labor problems that is unemployment, and in 2013 Received June 2016 Pati is a regency / city in Central Java with the fourth rank of unemployment rate. This research Approved July 2016 aims to make some program alternatives and to determine which alternative program that can be Published August 2016 prioritized by the Government of Pati Regency in reducing the unemployment rate. The research ________________ uses the primary and secondary data. The analytical method used is Analysis Hierarchy Process Keywords: (AHP) and it is processed using the expert choice version 9.0. The result of research indicates that Analytical Hierarchy the efforts to reduce the unemployment rate in Pati Regency can be prioritized on the criterion: (1) Process (AHP), empowering the people, and followed by (2) the capital from the investors, and (3) the Reduction of empowerment of economic business. And the priority scale from the entire program alternatives of Unemployment Rate unemployment problem solving is a program to improve the rural community empowerment. The ____________________ advice that can be given from this research is that the Government of Pati Regency should continuously conduct the job training and coaching to improve the quality and skills of the labors and also should increase the job opportunities, and also should improve and perform the continuous improvement program of increasing the community empowerment so that the rural communities may have good quality to be able to compete with other labors. © 2016 Semarang State University Correspondence Address: ISSN 2252-6765 Journal's Room, L Building, FE UNNES Sekaran Gunungpati Semarang 50229, Indonesia E-mail: [email protected] 235 Erni Arivia Roseline & Sucihatiningsih D.W.P/ Economics Development Analysis Journal 5 (3) (2016) INTRODUCTION will disturb the economic growth and development. However, if there are two The economic development is essentially percentages of unemployment of the labor a series of business policies that aims to improve quantity, the economy will be considered to the quality of people’s life, to expand the job have reached the full job opportunities, as stated opportunities, and to direct the revenue sharing by Sukirno (2004) in Prasetyo (2010: 64). evenly. In the economic development of One important goal of the economic Indonesia the job opportunities remain the development is the provision of sufficient major problem. The problem comes from the employment to pursue the growth in the labor gap between the growth in the labor force on the force, which growth is faster than the growth of one side and the progress of various sectors of job opportunities. There is a unit mass of the economy to absorb the labor on the other workers, who can be either employed or side. unemployed. (Janiak, 2013). The main element The unemployment problem has always in a development is the number of people as one been a problem to be solved in the economy of of the actors of development. Large population Indonesia. This problem also occurs in does not always guarantee the success of Lithuania, European Union. Based on the data development; it can even become a burden for of Lithuanian department of Statistics, it was the sustainability of development. Too large noticed that since the year 2008, level of population and the big labor growth compared unemployment increased both in countryside with the provision of employment may cause the and cities (Raisiene et al., 2014). This problem high unemployment. The determinants of will continue occurring; even it will be more China's macro unemployment, concentrating on difficult to overcome if the economic growth their effects on labor demand and supply (Liu, decreases. The decreasing economic growth will 2013). affect the decreasing employment absorption Figure 1.1 shows the regencies / cities in and will have an impact also on the increase in Central Java that have high unemployment rate, the number of unemployment. those are: Brebes Regency, Tegal City, Kudus The prolonged unemployment may lead Regency, and Pati Regency. Pati Regency is in to the decrease in the level of prosperity and the fourth rank with the highest unemployment welfare, lead the bad psychological effect on the rate amounted to 7.29%. unemployed ones and their families, and also cause the political, secure, social turmoil, so it 236 Erni Arivia Roseline & Sucihatiningsih D.W.P/ Economics Development Analysis Journal 5 (3) (2016) KotaTegal Tegal City KotaPemalang Pemalang City KotaSemarang Semarang City KotaSalatiga Slatiga City KotaSurakarta Surakarta City KotaMagelang Magelang City BrebesKab.Brebes Regency TegalKab.Tegal Regency PemalangKab.Pemalang Regency PekalonganKab.Pekalonga Regency BatangKab.Batang Regency KendalKab.Kendal Regency TemanggungKab.Temanggung Regency SemarangKab.Semarang Regency DemakKab.Demak Regency JeparaKab.Jepara Regency KudusKab.Kudus Regency PatiKab.Pati Regency RembangKab.Rembang Regency BloraKab.Blora Regency GroboganKab.Grobogan Regency SragenKab.Sragen Regency KaranganyarKab.Karanganyar Regency WonogiriKab.Wonogiri Regency Sukoharjo Regency Kab.Sukoharjo Klaten Regency Kab.Klaten Boyolali Regency Kab.Boyolali Magelang Regency Kab.Magelang Wonosobo Regency Kab.Wonosobo Purworejo Regency Kab.Purwerejo Kebumen Regency BanjarnegaraKab.Kebumen Regency Kab.BanjarnegaraPurbalingga Regency Kab.PurbalinggaBanyumas Regency Kab.BanyumasCilacap Regency Kab.Cilacap 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 Figure 1. Unemployment Rate in Regencies / Cities in Central Java in 2013 (percentage) Source: SAKERNAS, BPS Central Java Province The population growing bigger every occurred in 2013 in the amount of 40.01%, and year brings as a result of the increasing number the highest unemployment growth rate occurred of labor force and it means that the number of in 2012 in the amount of 62.77%, which is the people looking for jobs will increase along with highest one in Central Java Province. The the labors that also will increase. employment problems are influenced by the Table 1explains that the highest economic levels of each region, in which each population growth in 2013 is 0.88%. The region has different capabilities in developing increase and decrease in the number of the potential of the economy supporting sectors population are due to in the decreasing into the economy sector that is able to unemployment growth, the greatest accommodate the labor force. unemployment rate in the period of 2009-2013 237 Erni Arivia Roseline & Sucihatiningsih D.W.P/ Economics Development Analysis Journal 5 (3) (2016) Table 1. Number of Population and Labor Force in Pati Regency (person) Number Number of Labor Force of Population Year Population Labor Growth (%) Employed Unemployed (Person) Growth Growth Force Person (%) Person (%) (Person) 2009 1,265,225 0.08 590,171 3.26 49,094 (-16.81) 639,265 2010 1,194,501 (-5.59) 581,998 (-1.38) 38,604 (-21.37) 620,602 2011 1,198,529 0.34 603,103 3.63 47,992 24.32 651,095 2012 1,207,399 0.73 562,487 (-6.73) 78,117 62.77 640,604 2013 1,218,016 0.88 594,736 5.73 46,863 (-40.01) 641,599 Source: BPS Pati Regency 18000 15291 16000 14000 12000 10000 8000 6000 4000 1240 1303 1864 2239 2000 11 334 209 828 0 Figure 2. Number of Workers Based on Sectors in Pati Regency in 2013 Source: BPS Pati Regency From Figure 1.2 it can be seen that the description of the unemployment in Pati greatest labor absorption sector is the Regency; (2) To arrange program alternatives in manufacturing industry sector with a number of efforts to reduce the unemployment in Pati labor amounted 15,291 people, and followed by Regency and to determine the scale of priority the finance, insurance, company building rental program of unemployment solving. sector amounted 2,239 people, and the wholesales and retails, restaurants, and hotels RESEARCH METHOD sector amounted 1,864 people. This research uses the quantitative The manufacturing industry is a strategic method. According to Sugiyono (2008: 13), a one. The industry is considered to be able to quantitative method can also be interpreted as a stimulate the developing economy. Supported by method of research that is based on the the abundant human resources, the philosophy of positivism, which is used to manufacturing industry sector is expected to be examine the population or a particular sample. able to absorb the large labors. The data collection uses the instrument of The objects of research to be achieved by research and the quantitative/statistic data the writer in this research are: (1) To provide a 238 Erni Arivia Roseline & Sucihatiningsih D.W.P/ Economics Development Analysis Journal 5 (3) (2016) analysis with the aim to test the hypothesis that This research uses the Analysis Hierarchy has been determined. Process (AHP) method in order to determine The data used in this research is the which program that needs to be prioritized in primary and secondary data. Primary data is the efforts to handle the unemployment problem in data collected and processed by the organization Pati Regency. The Analysis Hierarchy Process that publish or use it. The primary data for (AHP) is a method often used to assess the policy formulation in the Analysis Hierarchy actions related to a weight ratio of interest Process (AHP) is obtained from the key-persons, between the factors and a comparison of several including the criteria determination in order to alternatives. AHP is a model that was achieve the goal of reducing the unemployment, introduced by Thomas L. Saaty in 1971. In the the determination in the selection of program process, AHP includes considerations and alternatives that can be taken to reduce the personal logical values that are dependent on the unemployment.