7c189276-1b10-4885-8c21-a62eaebf11f720220326031840205wseas:wseasmdt@crossref.orgMDT DepositWSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS2224-28991109-952610.37394/23207http://wseas.org/wseas/cms.action?id=40161420221420221910.37394/23207.2022.19https://wseas.com/journals/bae/2022.phpShadi Arshid MuslimSarairehDepartment of Finance and Banking Amman University College - Balqa Applied University Salt 19117, P.O.Box 206 JORDANIbrahim MarwanKhanjiDepartment of Finance and Banking Amman University College - Balqa Applied University Salt 19117, P.O.Box 206 JORDANRula MustafaAiroutDepartment of Finance and Banking Amman University College - Balqa Applied University Salt 19117, P.O.Box 206 JORDANThe purposes of the paper was to discusses the effects of minimum wages on industrial exports of Jordan and its main focus is on the empirical view of minimum wages and their significance in industrial exports in Jordan. 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