Authors:
Septi Dwi Sari
and
Bambang Soebyakto
Affiliation:
Sriwiaya University, Indonesia
Keyword(s):
Labor Demand, wage rate, production value, gender and business location.
Abstract:
The purpose of the research entitled “Manpower Absorption in fishcake, crackers and fish cracker Enterprises in Palembang City” was to find out how the variables of capital, wages, production value, sex and business location influence labor absorption in the business sector of fishcake, crackers and fish cracker in the City Palembang. This study uses primary data through direct interviews with respondents with a list of questions that have been prepared. There were 60 respondents of the small-scale food industry entrepreneurs in the city of Palembang who became the object of research. To achieve the goal, in this study using data analysis was done using multiple linear analysis using OLS (Ordinary Least Square) and SPSS 20. software program. The results showed that the variables of capital (X1), wages (X2), production values (X3), gender (X4) and business location (X5) jointly influence the labor absorption variable (Y). From the partial estimation results, the variables that have a
significant influence are only the variables of capital, production value and business location. This means that the wage and sex variables have no real effect on labor absorption in the fishcake, crackers and fish cracker business in Palembang City.
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