Based on the panel data of 180 prefecture-level and above cities in China from 2010 to 2019,this paper uses the quasi-natural experiment of"Broadband China"policy and instrumental variables such as"the shortest distance between a city and a national backbone direct connection point"to discuss the influence of information infrastructure on employment rate of labor force,employment structure,and industrial structure.The results show that:1)Information infrastructure can improve regional employment.2)Internet access can promote the upgrading of regional employment structure and significantly promote the increase in the proportion of employment in the tertiary industry.It also significantly has a positive impact on the density of newly registered enterprises in the region and this impact has regional differences.Overall,the construction of information infrastructure is conducive to the transformation and upgrading of regional industrial structure.In light of the findings,this paper proposes to further strengthen the construction and promotion of information infrastructure in the northeastern,central,and western regions,to promote the transformation and upgrading of regional employment and industrial structure,to provide more job opportunities and higher quality jobs for local residents.
关键词
宽带中国/信息基础设施/互联网接入率/就业/产业结构升级/新注册企业
Key words
Broadband China/information infrastructure/Internet access rate/employment/upgrading of industrial structure/newly registered enterprise
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