The Effect of Government Expenditure on Education and Health on Human Development Index in Boven Digoel District

Abstract

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a comparative measure of life expectancy, education, and living standards for all countries. HDI is used as an indicator to assess the quality aspects of development and to classify whether a country is a developed country, a developing country, or an underdeveloped country and also to measure the effect of economic policies on the quality of life.This study aims to determine the effect of government spending on education and health on the human development index in Boven Digoel Regency.The data used in this study is secondary data obtained from the Regional Development Planning Agency (Bappeda) of Boven Digoel Regency and Djpk.Kemenkeu.go.id. The analytical model used is multiple linear regression, using SPSS version 23. The regression results show that government spending on education has no significant effect on the human development index with a significance value of 0.126 > 0.05. Meanwhile, government spending in the health sector has a significant effect on the human development index with a significance value of 0.005< 0.05. However, simultaneously or jointly have a significant effect on the human development index with a significance value of 0.005.