EKSISTENSI INDUSTRI KREATIF KERAJINAN RAMBUT DALAM UPAYA PENYERAPAN TENAGA KERJA DAN PEMENUHAN KEBUTUHAN HIDUP LAYAK DI DESA KARANGBANJAR, KECAMATAN BOJONGSARI, KABUPATEN PURBALINGGA, 2011

Abstract

The purposes of this research are to analyze the productivity, the labor absorption, and the
living standard of labor in hair production centre in Karangbanjar village, Bojongsari
district, Purbalingga regency. Hair production is the creative industry product which is one of
advantage products in Purbalingga regency.
Total population of hair product enterprises are 114 units and 40 units are taken as samples.
This research is conducted with qualitative and quantitative analysis that uses output-input
and regression to analyze the productivity, labor employed-labor force ratio to analyze the
labor absorption, and total income-UMK and total income-KHL ratio to analyze living
standard of labor.
The results show that: (1) the productivity of labor is relatively high
(Rp7.144.183,27/labor/month), and according to regression that material, capital, and wage
cost affect production significantly; (2) the labor absorption of hair product enterprises is
relatively high, shows 30,47 percents of population in Karangbanjar village; (3) According to
UMK standard, the total income of 85 percents of them are more than living standard level,
and according to KHL standard, it shows 82,5 percents. The income from these enterprises
can rise up their living standard level until 10 percents significantly.