This study, entitled Economic Growth as Mediation of Regional Own-source Revenue, Investment and Asset Management on the Labor absorption and Social welfare of Regencies/City in Riau Islands province. This study was conducted at the district / city located in the province of Riau Islands. There are Exogenous constructs (X) namely income, investment, and asset management variables. There are Intermediate variables (Y) namely economic growth and labor absorption. There is an endogenous construct namely social welfare. There are 12 hypotheses tested by using path analysis or SmartPLS.
The results in this study show that the 1st hypothesis as the regional Own-source Revenue has a significant effect on economic growth. Hypothesis 2 Regional Own-source Revenue has a significant effect on labor absorption. Hypothesis 3 Regional Own-source Revenue significantly influence the social welfare. Hypothesis 4 Investment has significant effect on economic growth. Hypothesis 5 Investment has non-significant effect on labor absorption. Hypothesis 6 Investments significant effect on the social welfare. Hypothesis 7 Asset Management has non-significant effect on economic growth. Hypothesis 8 Asset Management has a significant effect on labor absorption. Hypothesis 9 Asset Management has significant effect on the social welfare. Hypothesis 10 Economic growth has non-significant effect on labor absorption. Hypothesis 11 The economic growth has significant effect on the social welfare. Hypothesis 12 Labor absorption has significant effect on the social welfare.