Abstract

Employment or job opportunity is an importan economic variable enable to give a general description of public well-being. Employment growth reduces unemployment and increases income.

In this research, employment does not explain macroeconomic condition, but shows the ability of households of research sample to create job. The objective of this research is to know the influence of the independent varibles of education and working hour as the proxies of human capital, and household saving, on the dependent variable of household employment creation.

This research was conducted toward 76 sample households in Southeast Minahasa Regency, North Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. The respondents are the heads of households and/or housewives with at least secondary school education. The analysis was conducted using multiple linear regression method.

The findings of this research is that household employment creation is influenced by length of working hour, household saving, and housewive education.