Are ICT Displacing Workers? Evidence from Seven European Countries

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This paper examines whether ICT substitute labour and reduce the demand for labour. We used firm-level comparable data separately for firms in manufacturing, services and ICT-producing sectors from seven European countries. We adopted a common methodology and applied it to a unique dataset provided by the ESSLait Project on Linking Microdata. We controlled for unobservable time-invariant firm-specific effects and we found no evidence of a negative relationship between intensity of ICT use and employment growth. We read this as an indication that ICT use is not reducing employment among ICT using firms.

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• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Institute for Prospective Technological Studies Digital Economy Working Paper ; No. 2014/07

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Labor Demand ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes ; Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
• Subject: Labour Demand ; Technological Change ; ICT

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Pantea, Smaranda ; Biagi, Federico ; Sabadash, Anna
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)
• (where): Seville
• (when): 2014

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/202197