ICT and employment generation: evidence from Turkish manufacturing
APPLIED ECONOMICS LETTERS, vol.26, no.13, pp.1053-1057, 2019 (SSCI, Scopus)
- 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.