The Effect of Minimum Wage on Employment Opportunity with Quality of Human Resources as Moderating Variables in Central Java

The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of the influence between the minimum wage and employment opportunities and the quality of human resources as a moderation variable. This study uses secondary data obtained from the Central Bureau Statistics (BPS). In this study, the data collected is panel data consisting of ten regencies/cities with the highest LFPR levels and ten regencies/cities with the lowest LFPR levels in Central Java Province within a span of 5 years, starting from 2016 – 2020. This research uses a quantitative approach by converting the results of all observations into numerical which is then analyzed through statistics. Based on the effect of research and data analysis using t-tests showed that: (1) There is the influence of GRDP on LFPR of Central Java Province, (2) There is an Effect of Minimum Wage on LFPR of Central Java Province, (3) There is no quality of human resources influence on LFPR central Java Province, (4) there is an influence of GRDP moderated by quality of human resources on LFPR of Central Java Province, and (5) and there is no effect of minimum wage moderated by quality of human resources on LFPR Central Java Province.