Abstract:
The research looked at the influence of unemployment on poverty districts/cities in the province of West Kalimantan. This study tested the 6 (six) hypothesis of the study period of 6 (six) years, from 2005 to 2010 using panel data in the form of time series data (2005-2010) and cross section (12 counties /cities) in the Province West Kalimantan. Model analysis in this regresion via SPSS 18.0. Test results with significance level α = 0.05 are summary unemployment rate has significant influence on the poverty level, with t value 0,002 <0.05m forming a relationship that is opposite (negative), which in theory should be the direction (positive).