HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ANALYSIS: THE ROLE OF DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS IN WEST NUSA TENGGARA IN THE PERIOD OF 2013 - 2017

Abstract

The increasingly demands of globalization encourage various regions to compete in improving the
welfare of their people. One effort to achieve it is in the demographic sector, namely by improving the
quality of Human Resources (HR). A good quality of HR will boost the pace of the Human
Development Index (HDI), which is common indicator of the development of a region. West Nusa
Tenggara Province which has a low HDI but has potential in its community. By utilizing the panel
data model, the analysis of this study took sample data from year 2013 to 2017, and aims to determine
the effect of demographic factors, namely population density, open unemployment, fertility and
productive age as independent variables toward HDI as a dependent variable in West Nusa Tenggara.
The empirical results of this study indicate that the population density variable has a positive
association on HDI while unemployment and fertility have a negative relationship on HDI in West
Nusa Tenggara.
Keywords : Human Resources (HR), HDI, demography, stunting, panel data