Opening up for Employment:Trade Network of Intermediate Goods and Labor Employment of the Enterprises
On the basis of calculating trade network centrality of intermediate goods of the enterprises,this paper explores how trade network centrality of intermediate goods affects labor employment of the enterprises.The result shows that improving trade network centrality of intermediate goods of the enterprises significantly expands the scale of labor employment.The conclusion is robust after using ITC V,Bartik instrumental variables and quasi-natural experiments to alleviate the endogenous problem.The mechanism analysis reveals that enhancing trade network centrality of intermediate goods affects the scale of labor employment through factor substitution and production expansion mechanism.The expansion analysis indicates that improving trade network centrality of intermediate goods of the enterprises has greater promotion effect on labor employment scale of the enterprises with low degree of regional market segmentation,the enterprises relying on international supply chain and labor-intensive enterprises;enhancing trade network centrality of intermediate goods of the enterprises affects the structure of labor employment,namely increasing the proportion of highly skilled employees,union employees and female employees.This paper holds that China should actively embed in global intermediate goods trade network and achieve the goal of"stabilizing employment"in the high-standard opening-up.
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