Economic Growth, Investment, Economics Agglomeration, And Regional Development Inequality In West Java Province

Abstract— High economic growth is not always followed by equitable development in a region. This study aims to see the effect of economic growth, investment, and economic agglomeration on regional development inequality in West Java Province. Timeseries data regression analysis West Java Province in the period of 2004–2018 to estimate the effect of economic growth, investment and economic agglomeration on regional development inequality. The results obtained are that economic growth has a significant positive effect on development inequality, amd economic agglomeration has a positive effect on regional development but not significant, while investment has a significant negative effect on development inequality in Java. Keywords— Economic Growth, Investment, Economic agglomeration, Regioanl Development Inequlity