Judul: Konvergensi Penyerapan Tenaga Kerja Antarkabupaten/kota di Provinsi Jawa Barat
Abstrak: For 13 years running the regional autonomy policy has not been able to reduce income inequality among districts/cities in West Java Province. This inequality has an impact on inequality in employment. The purpose of this study is to analyze the convergence process of employment in West Java during 2008-2012. Based on economic growth and unemployment rate mapping result, there is a movement of each region position in 2008 and 2012. This study resulted in an average index of inequality of employment is 0,61 from 2008 to 2012. These results do not correspond with panel data analysis where the coefficients of lagged dependent coefficient value is 0.6720 which is less than one means there is a process of convergence employment with 39.74 percent of the speed of convergence. The results also show that all variables are estimated positive effect to employment level except wages
Keyword: Convergence., Employment Inequality, Panel Data

Judul: Analisis Konvergensi Produktivitas Tenaga Kerja AntarProvinsi di Indonesia
Abstrak: Each province wants to make the process of sustainable development with their regions autonomy. For 13 years running regional autonomy, there is still disparity in Indonesian. This has resulted in a variety of ways, especially labor productivity. During the analysis period, the average of labor productivity highest at Jakarta amounted to 87,16 million rupiah per person and the lowest at NTT amounted to 5,72 million rupiah per person. The purpose of this study is to map the provinces in Indonesia seen from the growth rate of labor productivity and labor productivity value, analyze the degree of disparity in labor productivity, and to analyze process of labor productivity among provinces in Indonesia shows a convergent or divergent process. The research uses dynamic panel data of 33 provinces from 2005 to 2012. Results from the mapping showed that the change of position of the province in 2005 and 2012. Based on analysis of regional disparity found that the labor productivity gap between provinces in Indonesia fluctuating from year to year and tends to decrease. Based on data processing using the SYSGMM obtained that the process of convergence in labor productivity occurred in Indonesia.
Keyword: Dynamic Panel Data, Labor Productivity, Convergence

Judul: Mud Crab’s (Scylla serrata Forskal 1775) Response to Different Decaying Level of Gold Snail (Pomacea canaliculata Lamarck 1822) Bait.
Abstrak: Mud crab is well known as omnivorous-vigorous-voracious-opportunistic-scavenger. These intertidal animals applies mainly chemoreception in their predatory behaviour. It has been commonly assumed that non fresh gold snail bait is better than fresh bait in stimulating the mud crab. This research's aim is to analyze mud crab response to different decaying level of gold snail bait. Their response were observed as time required to touch the bait and pattern and direction of the mud crab in approaching the baits. The different decaying level of gold snail baits were shown on Total Volatile Base Nitrogen (TVBN) as 16.3 mg/100g (0 day); 534.1 mg/100g (3 days); and 887.4 mg/100g (6 days). The research was conducted from July 2009 until February 2011. The TVBN test for gold snail baits were conducted at Laboratory of BBPPHP Jakarta. The experiment was conducted in Pemalang. The result showed that the average period of mud crabs to touch the baits were 52.14 minutes; 61.57 minutes and 52.57 minutes. Anova test concluded no sufficient evidence of significant effect of TVBN content of gold snail bait on mud crab’s feeding behaviour. Movement pattern B, i.e. left and right deviation followed by straight forward movement to the bait, was commonly exhibited by the crabs. Consequences of time period required by the mud crab to approach the bait on fishing operation is discussed.
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