THEaEFFECTaOF LOCALLY-GENERATED REVENUE, INVESTMENT, AND EDUCATION ON LABOR ABSORPTIONaAND PER CAPITA INCOME IN REGENCIES/CITIES OF BALI PROVINCE

Inequality between regencies/cities in Bali Province reflects that there is uneven welfare.aThis studyaaims to analyze: (1) The effect of locally-generatedarevenue, education, and investment on labor absorption in regencies/cities in Bali Province, (2) The effectaof locally-generatedarevenue, education, investment, and labor absorption on per capita income in regencies/cites in Bali Province, (3) The indirect effect of locally-generated revenue, education, and investment on per capita income through labor absorption in regencies/cities in Bali Province, (4) Differences in per capita income betweenadevelopment areas in Bali Province. The analysis technique used is path analysis andaANOVA, the number of observations in this study is 72 observation points which are secondary data. The results showed that the locallygenerated revenue and investment had a positiveaand significantaeffect on labor absorption, while education has an effect but is not significant on labor absorption. the locally-generated revenue, education, andainvestment have a positive and significantaeffect on per capita income, while labor absorption does not affect the per capita income. Per capitaaincome in the development area of East Bali, North Bali, and South Bali has heterogeneous or different variations. The South Bali developmentaarea has a higher per capita income than the North Bali and East Bali development areas. KEY WORDS locally-generated revenue, education, investment, labor absorption, per capita income.