Information Technology Role in Education and Economic Growth

English

Abstract

This study investigates the influence between information technology literacy, economic growth, education and unemployment in Indonesia.To investigate the causal link between variables, this research uses 21 years of data, from 2000 to 2020, by modeling "autoregressive vectors." This study is based on secondary data from the World Bank.We found that t he use of internet technology encourages economic growth, improves the quality of education and reduces unemployment. This reality is proof that technological developments are not always accompanied by an increase in unemployment. Internet technology provides profitable new job opportunities so as to reduce unemployment as a result of the creation of new jobs and economic growth from the creative and technologybased sector. Education provides an impetus for improving the quality of human resources so that people are more adaptable and more ready to participate in the economy which has an impact on reducing unemployment.