Cited by 40Islamic Finance and Banking StudiesMicrofinance and Financial InclusionBanking stability, regulation, efficiency

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Islamic banks' contribution to Indonesia districts' economic growth and poverty alleviation

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Junaidi, Junaidi·2024·Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Science

Abstract

Purpose: This research investigates the Islamic banks’ intermediation role (e.g. branches and deposits) in financing. It also examines how financing contributes to the regions' economic growth and poverty alleviation as a predictor and mediator variable. Design/methodology/approach: A total of 297 observations were extracted from 33 Indonesian districts and 14 Islamic banks during the period 2012–2020. Fixed-effect regression analysis was used to examine variable’s interactions. Findings: The empirical results indicate that Islamic banks have adopted a channelling role towards redistributing capital from lender to borrower. Besides, there are crucial roles in developing economies and reducing poverty at the district level. This study also reinforces the critical role of financing in mediating the relationship between branches and deposits as predictor variables and GDP and poverty as outcome variables. Research limitations/implications: The current study was limited to Indonesian Islamic banks and the district’s perspective. Future research needs to cover sub-districts and other poverty measurements (e.g. human education and development perspectives), including conventional and Islamic banks. It can help practitioners, regulators and researchers observe the dynamic behaviour of the banking sector to understand its role in the economic and social fields. Practical implications: Bank managers and regulators should promote branches, deposits and financing. It also enlightens people about the essential role of Islamic banks and their fundamental operations in business and economics. Originality/value: This study contributes to economic literature, bank managers and local governments' decision-making processes by developing and testing an economic growth and poverty model.

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This paper examines whether Islamic bank intermediation—branches, deposits, and financing—contributes to Indonesian district economic growth and poverty alleviation. Using panel data from 33 districts and 14 Islamic banks in 2012–2020, it finds that financing mediates the relationship between branches/deposits and both GDP and poverty outcomes.

Key findings

  • Islamic bank branches and deposits are positively associated with financing, and financing is statistically significant in models of district GDP and poverty. In fixed-effects Table 4, LnDeposit→Financing = 0.745 (t = 24.36, p < 0.001), LnFinancing→GDP = 2.001 (t = 10.45, p < 0.001), and LnFinancing→poverty = 0.085 (t = 4.530, p < 0.001).
  • Financing mediates the branch/deposit–GDP and branch/deposit–poverty relationships. Table 6 reports BR→Fin→GDP components a = 1.368* and b = 0.481*, and Dep→Fin→Pov components a = 0.918* and b = 0.812*.
  • Cross-sectional estimates show that the greatest Islamic bank role is concentrated on Java Island rather than in Sumatera, Borneo, Sulawesi, and East Indonesia.
  • The paper states that the number of Islamic bank branches has no significant effect on reducing the poverty rate, while deposits have a greater correlation with poverty than branches.

Methods

  • Panel data: 297 observations from 33 Indonesian districts and 14 Islamic banks during 2012–2020; sources include Bank Scope, BPS, and OJK.
  • Fixed-effects regression selected via F and Hausman tests; five models use GDP and poverty as dependent variables, with Islamic bank branches, deposits, and financing as banking variables. Hayes’s (2018) regression approach is used for mediation analysis.
  • Poverty is measured by a people per capita income indicator of less than $1 a day based on the 2012 purchasing power parity exchange rate (World Bank, 2020).

Limitations

  • Stated: the study is limited to Indonesian Islamic banks and the district perspective, so results cannot be generalised; future research should cover sub-districts, more samples/regions, other poverty measurements (e.g. human education and development), and conventional as well as Islamic banks.
  • Stated: it considers only situational factors of financing’s role in economic growth and poverty reduction; future work should investigate internal factors (local government, economics, financial risk) and external factors (Islamic bank operation, organisational comparability, bank–society relationships).
  • Stated: the framework is restricted to financial development, financing, GDP, poverty amount in Indonesian districts, and their interrelationships from prior studies. Evident from the text: the cross-sectional results show concentration on Java, and the 33-district/14-bank sample over 2012–2020 may limit broader inference.

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Crossref · 10.1108/jefas-06-2021-0097

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    Previous bank operation may influence Indonesian districts' current economic growth and poverty rate.

    “This method assumes that the previous bank operation may influence the Indonesian districts' current economic growth and poverty rate.”
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    Differences in the constant term can capture unobservable factors across units and observation periods.

    “The fixed-effect model assumes that the constant term's differences can capture unobservable factors across units and observation periods.”
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Citations

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Research works printed but not linked: 4

  1. 2018, Introduction to Mediation, Moderation and Conditional Process Analysis: A Regression-Based Approach
  2. 2019, Applied Time Series Analysis: A Practical Guide to Modeling and Forecasting
  3. 2019, Islamic finance, investment and economic growth evidence from UAE, International Journal of Economics and Business Research, 16, 136
  4. 2020, Introduction Econometrics: A Modern Approach

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Metadata

Authors
Junaidi, J.
Affiliations
Universitas Muhammadiyah Palopo (ID)
Corresponding author
Junaidi, Junaidi
Venue
Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Science
Publisher
Emerald
Published
2024-04-24
Volume
29
Issue
58
Pages
294-308
ISSN
2077-1886 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4395006135
Cited by
40
References
40
Citations by year
2026: 13 · 2025: 22 · 2024: 5
FWCI
18.47
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Economics Finance and Administrative Science (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Econstor (Econstor) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Accounting › Islamic Finance and Banking Studies
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Finance › Banking stability, regulation, efficiency
Keywords
Islamic banking, economic growth, poverty reduction, bank branches, bank deposits, bank financing

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