ICT and employment generation: evidence from Turkish manufacturing

KILIÇASLAN Y., TÖNGÜR Ü.

APPLIED ECONOMICS LETTERS, vol.26, no.13, pp.1053-1057, 2019 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 26 Issue: 13
  • Publication Date: 2019
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/13504851.2018.1529391
  • Journal Name: APPLIED ECONOMICS LETTERS
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1053-1057
  • Keywords: Employment, ICT, manufacturing industry, Turkey, INNOVATION, WORKERS, DEMAND
  • Anadolu University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

This study is said to be the first attempt in exploring the impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) capital on employment generation/destruction in Turkish manufacturing industry by using labour demand estimation framework. The analysis is based on firm-level data, which includes all firms employing 20 or more employees in Turkish manufacturing for the period 2003-2013. Our findings based on system GMM estimations show that ICT has employment-enhancing effects in Turkish manufacturing. Moreover, our results provide the evidence that tangible ICT capital has stronger employment generation impact than that of intangible ICT capital in medium- and low-tech industries.