Siburian, Elida Madona and Rahmadana, Muhammad Fitri and Maipita, Indra (2018) Factor-Factor Affecting Labor Demand Food Beverages and Tobacco Industry of North Sumatra Province. In: In Proceedings of the 1st Unimed International Conference on Economics Education and Social Science (UNICEES 2018), October 31, 2018, Medan, Indonesia.
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Abstract
Labor demand in North Sumatra during the period 2012 to 2016 showed a fluctuating condition. The aim of
this research is to analyze the factors that affecting labor demand food beverages and tobacco industry at the
regency/city in North Sumatra Province using panel data. With independent variables Investment Industry
Sector, Industry Number, Minimum Wage for regency/city and Gross Regional Domestic Product while the
dependent variable is Labor Demand. Data obtained the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of North Sumatra
Province during 2012-2016. The method used Panel Least Square (PLS) with Random Effect Model
(REM). The result show that Investment Industry Sector has positively effect the labor demand as 21,88%
and significant, Industry Number has positively effect the Labor Demand as 48,48% and significant,
Minimum Wage of regency/city has negatively effect the Labor Demand as 13,14% and significant and
Gross Regional Domestic Product has positively effect the Labor Demand as 34,51% and significant at the
Labor Demand in North Sumatra Province.