The Disparity and Convergence of District. City Human Development Index in Central Java Province, Indonesia
The Disparity and Convergence of District. City Human Development Index in Central Java Province, Indonesia

Summary/Abstract: This study investigates, firstly, the disparities of the human development index (HDI) for 35 districts/cities in Central Java Province, Indonesia, and, secondly, its convergence during 2010-2018 periods. The result shows that the HDI disparities between districts/cities are relatively low, as indicated by the index number ranging from 0.06935 in 2011 to 0.05818 in 2018. The HDI sigma convergence during 2010-2018 shows a downward convergence sigma indicated by the coefficient of variation decreases over the years at different speeds. However, the standard deviation over years documents an increaseparticularly in 2014. The absolute β convergence equation estimation indicates the growth of districts/cities which the HDI is relatively low growing faster than the districts/cities that the HDI is relatively high. It means that there is an absolute convergence. The result b=ln(-0.006029+1)/-8=-0.0007 means that districts with low HDI should grow at least by 0.07% to be able to improve the HDI growth. Estimation of Conditional β convergence HDI equation shows the initial regression coefficient of HDI -0.02710, which means convergence, indicating a region which initially had a relatively low HDI successfully develops HDI faster in the pursuit of a region with high HDI.

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