Environmental Quality and Regional Autonomy in Indonesia
Amin Pujiati, Shanty Oktavilia*, Nadia Damayanti
Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Indonesia
L1 Building 1st Floor, Sekaran Campus, Gunungpati, Semarang City Central Java Province, Indonesia
oktavilia[at]mail.unnes.ac.id
Abstract
This study aims to explore economic conditions towards environmental quality, before and after the policy of regional autonomy in Indonesia. This paper analyzed by using regression, the influence of per capita income, gross domestic product (GDP) in the agricultural, industrial and manufacturing sectors on the quality of the environment in Indonesia for the period 1960-2016. The study uses time series data derived from the publication of world bank key indicators and dummy policy variables before and after regional autonomy, namely the value of 0 before 2001 and the value of 1 after 2001. The results of the study state that per capita income, GDP in the industrial sector and GDP of the manufacturing sector negatively affect the quality of the environment, while the GDP of the agricultural sector has a positive effect on the quality of the environment in Indonesia. The regression of the result of policy variable shows the difference in environmental quality in Indonesia, pre and post-regional implementation of autonomy in Indonesia.
Keywords: environmental quality, regional autonomy, GDP, regression
Topic: Sustainable development