Human Resource Economics studies about the scope of the human resource economy.

in the traditional economy, the population, both in quantity and quality, is the driving force of the economy. The quantity of purchasing power is the demand side for the goods and services market and the supply side of the Non-Skill labor market (labor market) while quality affects the output side of the goods and services market as well as for the educated labor market.

In the era of globalization and towards civilian life, the population, both quantity and quality, is the result of planning and engineering the needs of future labor to increase competitiveness in seizing opportunities and opportunities, especially attracting capital and opening up business and employment opportunities.

Quality, productive and efficient workforce can increase competitiveness that invites capital, open new businesses and marketing, as well as jobs which ultimately increase purchasing power and the level of public education accompanied by capabilities in mastery of science and technology and economic institutions are the output of engineering and human resource planning in economic development.

The scope of the human resource economy analyzed in the book Human Resource Economics (HR) is a matter of population, employment, employment structure, informal-formal sector, population transition, population mobility, population migration, demand and supply of labor, employment planning, and population and economic development, will provide an overview of Indonesia's resources in sustaining sustainable development.