Daftar Isi:
  • This study aimed to understand the effect of total number of industry, GDP in industrial sector, Minimum Wages against labor absorption in industrial sector of East Java 2014-2015. Analytical tool that was used in this study was multiple panel data regression analysis model by testing hypotheses of F test, t test, and the coefficient of determination R^2. The model that was used in this study was common effect. The result of panel data regression showed that the variables of total number of industry, GDP in industrial sector, Minimum Wages affected simultaneously against the labor absorption, whereas partially, understood that variable of total number of industry affected positively and significantly against the labor absorption with coefficient of 149.4109, it meant if total number of industry increased 1%, the labor absorption would increase 149.4109. The GDP in industrial sector affected positively and significantly against the labor absorption with coefficient of 0.623225, it meant if the GDP in industrial sector increased 1%, the labor absorption would increase 0.623225, but minimum wages affected negatively and not significant against the labor absorption with coefficient of -0.004685, it meant if the minimum wages increased 1%, it did not affect the labor absorption.