Zakat is an instrument of Islamic economic and social funds that contributes to the achievement of people wellbeing. This study examines the business growth as a mediating variable on the relationship between the impact of the zakat empowerment programs and mustahiq's (zakat recipient) welfare. This quantitative study employs Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) analysis on 100 mustahiqs from different zakat empowerment programs in East Java and DI Yogyakarta. Zakat empowerment positively affects mustahiq's welfare. This indicates that the empowerment program successfully increases mustahiqs' wellbeing and their business. Business growth as a mediating variable on the relationship between business assistantship and mustahiq welfare also shows a positive and significant effect. Further, macroeconomic indicators consisting of GRDP and inflation and internal factors consisting of age and educational level, have different impacts on the business growth of mustahiq. This study confirms the zakat empowerment program's role in improving the mustahiq's welfare based on maqashid al-shariah (the Islamic objectives). Zakat community empowerment is a solution to suppress the poverty rate and possible for reducing inequality and ending poverty in Indonesia. This study extends Tika Widiastuti ABOUT THE AUTHORS Tika Widiastuti is a lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Airlangga. She holds a doctorate in Islamic Economics. Her research interest includes zakat governance and Islamic economics. Ilmiawan Auwalin is a lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Airlangga. He holds a Ph. D in Economics from the School of Economics, the University of Sydney. His research interest includes economic development, labor market studies, and micro and small enterprises development. Lina Nugraha Rani is a lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Airlangga. She holds a Master in Islamic Economics. Her research interest includes Islamic economics, Islamic Finance and Banking.

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Purpose Resolving nursing resources constraints should rely on robust nursing labor market analysis; however, no current study analyzes the dynamics of nursing labor markets in Indonesia. This study aimed to investigate the production, inflow and outflow, maldistribution and inefficiencies, and private sector regulations of the nursing labor market in Indonesia. Patients and Methods This study used descriptive qualitative and document analysis approaches via focus group discussion (FGD) among various stakeholders in Indonesia. The FGD was conducted once attended by representatives from various sectors, including health, education, manpower, professional associations, and private. Policies on training, inflow and outflow, maldistribution and efficiencies, and private sector regulation were analyzed. Document analysis was used to triangulate the qualitative data. Results There is a structured policy regarding production, inflow and outflow, distribution, and involvement of the private sector. The number of nursing production shows an excess when entering the labor markets; however, the health-care providers reported a nursing workforce shortage. Policies on outflow encourage the deployment of Indonesian nurses overseas despite various challenges. Private sector involvement cannot be denied, especially in the placement of Indonesian nurses abroad. In addition, there is an absence of an integrated nursing labor market platform which may lead to inaccurate supply and demand. Conclusion Establishing an integrated and comprehensive platform of the nursing labor market in Indonesia is imperative. Addressing the surplus and shortage of nursing workforce requires reliable data to inform the policy. These analyses highlight the need to understand how the existing environment affects the market for Indonesian nurses nationally and globally.

This research aims to measuring the effects of halalproduct export on current account balance (CAB) with some of control variables such as GDP growth, national currency to US dollar exchange rate, government expenditure, real interest rate and inflation. This research is quantitative approach using ARDL model. Based on time series data in quarterly, The results of the t and F tests in this study indicate that in the long run the export of halal industrial products and government expenditures partially has a significant positive effect, inflation has a significant negative effect, while the exchange rate and GDP growth do not have a significant effect on CAB. In the short term exports of halal industrial products and government expenditure have a significant positive effect, inflation and real interest rates have a significant negative effect, while the exchange rate and GDP growth do not have a significant effect on CAB.Keywords: Halal Product Export, Current Account Balance, Halal Export

ABSTRAKPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh pembiayaan perbankan umum syariah terhadap PDRB provinsi di Indonesia pada tahun 2010-2019. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif berjenis eksplanatori dan teknik yang digunakan adalah analisis regresi berganda dengan menggunakan regresi data panel. Data pada penelitian ini adalah berjenis data sekunder yang didapatkan melalui Badan Pusat Statistik Indonesia (BPS), Bank Indonesia (BI), dan Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK). Data dalam penelitian mencakup data tingkat provinsi pada 33 provinsi di Indonesia. Hasil penelitian secara simultan menunjukkan bahwa pembiayaan bank umum syariah, kredit bank umum konvensional, inflasi, dan jumlah populasi secara statistik berpengaruh secara signifikan terhadap PDRB provinsi di Indonesia pada tahun 2010-2019. Sedangkan secara parsial, pembiayaan bank umum syariah secara statistik berpengaruh negatif namun tidak signifikan terhadap PDRB hal ini dikarenakan nominal pembiayaan yang dilakukan bank syariah masih kecil dan cenderung bersifat untuk kegiatan konsumsi sehingga kurang memberikan pengaruh yang optimal pada PDRB. Dapat disimpulkan peran dari bank syariah masih belum optimal pada PDRB. Variabel kredit bank umum kovensional secara statistik berpengaruh positif signifikan terhadap PDRB. Sedangkan variabel inflasi secara statistik berpengaruh negatif namun tidak signifikan terhadap PDRB dan luas wilayah secara statistik beperngaruh positif namun tidak signifikan. Kata Kunci: Pembiayaan bank umum syariah, Pertumbuhan Ekonomi, PDRB. ABSTRACTThis study aims to determine the effect of finance of finance of islamic banks and gross domestic regional product in Indonesia 2010-2019. This study used quantitative approach which is explanatory research with data panel regression method. Data used in this study as secondary data which collacted from Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS), Bank Indonesia (BI), and Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK). This study uses data from 33 provinces. The result from this study are simultaneously, finance of islamic banks, credit of conventional banks, inflation, and population have a significant effect on GDRP. Partially, finance of islamic banks has a negetive effect on GDRB but it’s not sigficantly. It because less financing from Islamic bank is distributted for production activity than consumption activity. Other hand, less nominal of financing from Islamic than conventional bank. The credit of conventional banks has a positif and significant effect on GDRP. The inflation has a negative but not significant effect on GDRP, while population has positive effect but it’s not significant on GDRP. Keywords: Finance of Islamic Banks, Economic Growth, GDRP.

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This research aims to know the effect of macroeconomics variable, such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP), unemployment, inflation, and gini ratio and distribution of Zakat, Infaq, and Sodaqoh (ZIS) from National Zakat Agency against poverty in Indonesia during 2007 to 2017 simultaneously and partially in long run and short run. This study used vector error correction model technique. The result of this research indicates that GDP, inflation, gini ratio, and distribution of ZIS partially have a negative and significant effect to poverty in long run. Meanwhile, unemployment partially has a positive and significant effect to poverty in long run. In short run, GDP, inflation and distribution of ZIS partially have a negative and not significant effect to poverty, unemployment has a positive insignificant effect to poverty. Meanwhile, gini ratio partially has a significant and negative effect to poverty. Simultaneoosly, all variables affect poverty.Keywords: Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Unemployment, Inflation, Gini ratio, Zakat Infaq Sodaqoh (ZIS), Poverty