Digitalization of Manufacturing Input,Employment Skill Structure and Skilled-unskilled Wage Gap
Based on the micro-data of China's listed companies from 2007 to 2020,this paper examines the impact of input digitali-zation in manufacturing on the employment skill structure and skilled-unskilled wage gap of Chinese enterprises with fixed effect model.There are following findings:(1)Input digitalization is generally conducive to improving the scale of employment,increasing the pro-portion of high-skilled employees,reducing the proportion of medium and low skilled employees,and promoting the upgrading of em-ployment structure;(2)Input digitalization not only promotes the upgrading of employment skill structure,but also expands the skilled-unskilled wage gap between high skilled and low skilled employees in enterprises by increasing the proportion of high skilled and technical employees;(3)Heterogeneity analysis shows that input digitalization based on machine technology can bring about both high skill employment creation and medium and low skill employment destruction,while input digitalization based on non-machine technolo-gy has no significant effect on employment.The impact of input digitalization on the upgrading employment structure and widening skilled-unskilled wage gap is significant for companies in areas with a high level of digital economic development.However,the impact on companies in areas with a low level of digital economic development is not significant.For companies with high spending on educa-tion and training,input digitalization will create job creation and destruction but not narrow the skilled-unskilled wage gap,while the effect on companies that spend less on education and training is not significant,widening the skilled-unskilled wage gap.Therefore,while promoting the digital transformation of enterprises,the government should comprehensively enhance the premium ability of medi-um and low skilled workers,improve the income distribution policy and social welfare system,prevent the income gap from widening,and lay a micro foundation for realization of common prosperity.
Input DigitalizationEmployment Skill StructureManufacturingSkill Wage Gap
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NSTL
万方数据
