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

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 increase particularly 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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