Impact of Coal Production on Economic Growth in Indonesia

The main objective of this study is trying to reveal the impact of coal production on economic growth in Indonesia. This study will also provide the comparison of economic growth between coal producer’s provinces with other provinces and try to find which one have more sustained growth. She result of the study shows that the impact of coal production on economic growth is relatively small, especially in the relation between coal production and employment. This study also find that coalbased economy relatively have similar growth performance with the economy that mainly depend on oil and gas.