Abstract:
The economic growth rate of South Kalimantan over the last decade (2012-2022) is
approximately 4.7 percent per year. Although the agricultural sector accounts for only about
11.4% of the total economy of South Kalimantan, the agricultural workforce absorbed is as much
as 31.87%. Then there is one important question related to that economic growth, namely 'who'
benefits from that economic growth. Thus, this research aims to review the impact of the
distribution of economic growth in South Kalimantan during the period of 2012-2022 using the
Fields decomposition method based on the dual economic model of Lewis. Additionally, this
study also employs multiple linear regression analysis to examine the relationship between
various variables, particularly education, farmer demographics, and patterns with the magnitude
of economic growth enjoyed by agricultural households assumed to be in the 'low-income' group.
This research indicates that in South Kalimantan, agricultural households enjoy approximately
38.5% of economic growth during the period of 2012-2022, through the 'expansion' effect of
non-agricultural households (3.28%) and the 'enrichment' effect of agricultural households
(35.22%). The study also finds that years of schooling expectation, along with the economic role
of the industrial sector and the age of farmers, are statistically significantly related to the
magnitude of economic growth enjoyed by agricultural households.
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