Spatio-temporal Characteristics of China's Digital Economy's Ability to Absorb and Drive Employment
Based on the definition of core industries of digital economy by the National Bureau of Statistics of China,this article constructs a provincial input-output table including the digital economy,merges it with the provincial employment data of the national population census and the national 1% population sample survey,and analyzes the evolution trend of China's digital economy's ability to absorb and drive employment from 2000 to 2020.It's found that:1)Digital economy's ability to absorb and drive employment have increased significantly,and the growth rate of the ability to absorb employment is even higher.2)The digital service industry has surpassed the digital manufacturing industry and become the main industry to absorb employment.Through the continuous increase in the demand for intermediate products in the service industry,the digital economy has a constantly enhanced employment-driven effect on the leasing and business service industry,traditional wholesale and retail industries and other service industries.3)Beijing,Tianjin,Guangzhou,Jiangsu and Shanghai have always been the advantageous areas for the digital economy to absorb and drive employment.With the penetration of the digital economy into the central and western regions,provincial-level regions in central and western China have formed new areas with ability in absorbing or driving employment.4)The differences in the ability to absorb and drive employment of the eight comprehensive economic zones tend to narrow,and the narrowing of the differences between the three major coastal regions and the five major inland regions is the main driving force.Based on the above,this paper puts forward suggestions to strengthen employment skills training,improve the quality of employment in line with the new trend of employment in the digital economy,and improve ability to absorb and drive employment.
digital economyemploymentinput-output analysisGini coefficientability to absorb and drivedigital service industryflexible employment
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