Title: An Empirical Analysis of the Influence of the Technological Progress on the Employment Patterns in China
Abstract: The paper analyses the influence of the technological progress on the employment structure in China based on the investigation of the status of the employment patterns and the cointegration analysis and error-correction.The empirical analysis shows that technological progress doesn't have a notable influence on the employment in different industries in a short term,while in a long term,it has a negative impact on agriculture,forestry,animal husbandry and fishery,wholesale and retail trades,hotels and catering services,leasing and business services,resident services and other services,but has a positive impact on other industries.The results show that technological progress can promote productivity growth and at the same time benefit the restructuring of employment between industries and expand employment.Consequently,China needs to speed up technological progress,and apply the appropriate advanced technology to adapt to the changes of industry structure.
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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