The Influence of Social, Economic, and Demographic Characteristic on Working Hours of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Makassar City

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Chalid Imran Musa, Muhammad Hasan

2018 Journal of Physics: Conference Series Vol. 1028 Issue 1 Conference paper Cited by 11 Quartile

Abstract

There are several aspects related to the strategy of developing MSMEs based on the strength of local economic resources. This research aims to determine to analyze the influence of characteristics (social, economic, demographic) of the MSMEs workers in Makassar on working hours and determine the strategy development. This research is quantitative with econometric analysis tool. The results show the influence of economy (income and work experience) and demographics (age and gender) are very significant to the working hours of the MSMEs workers, while the social characteristics (education) is not significantly affect. In addition, income and age have a negative effect, while education, work experience, and gender have a positive effect on working hours. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.

Affiliations

Department of Management, Universitas Negeri, Makassar, Indonesia; Department of Economics Education, Universitas Negeri, Makassar, Indonesia