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Impact of Financial Inclusion on Economic Growth and Unemployment

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  • Dradjad H Wibowo
  • Yulia Estri Mardani
  • Muhammad Iqbal

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In the past decade, Southeast Asia has seen the development of financial inclusion, as evidenced by the growth of the penetration, availability, and usage dimensions of financial inclusion. This study analyses the impact financial inclusion has on economic growth, represented by GDP per capita growth, and unemployment using data from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, and Cambodia. The authors employed panel data regression with fixed effect and random effect models to analyse the data. The results show that the number of commercial bank branches and outstanding loans statistically significantly affect GDP per capita growth, while the number of saving/deposit accounts does not. All three variables are shown to have a statistically significant impact on unemployment.

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  • Dradjad H Wibowo & Yulia Estri Mardani & Muhammad Iqbal, 2023. "Impact of Financial Inclusion on Economic Growth and Unemployment," International Journal of Finance & Banking Studies, Center for the Strategic Studies in Business and Finance, vol. 12(2), pages 55-66, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:rbs:ijfbss:v:12:y:2023:i:2:id:2770
    DOI: 10.20525/ijfbs.v12i2.2770
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