Industrial technological advance and the employment demand for China's labour force-Micro evidence from labour hiring in companies.

ABSTRACT: Technological advance in industry has complexity, divisibility, systematicity and market selectivity, and companies may generate technological investment expansion and form technological job demand, which may also lead to the occupation of company resources and trigger the replacement of the original jobs. This paper empirically examines the impact of technological advance in industry on the labour employment demand of companies by taking Chinese A-share listed companies as research samples from 2008 to 2022, and finds that: overall technological advance in industry has a suppressive effect on the labour employment demand of companies; The heterogeneity test shows that industrial technological advancement mainly produces inhibitory effects on the labour employment of low-education level em

SUBMITTER: Liu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11575794 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature